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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,935 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
TOWN HEAD FARM, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 4 Jul 2013PLOT 13 STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JJ
Received 7 Feb 2012JOHNBY HALL COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 15 Jan 2021FOSTERS, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UB
Received 17 Aug 2016Kirkbie Kendal School, Lound Road, Kendal, LA9 7EQ
Received 4 Apr 201434 Fell Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JG
Received 7 Sept 2021PENNINE POTTERY, CLARGHYLL HEAD, ALSTON
Received 14 Jun 2000OAKBANK MILL, SKELSMERGH, KENDAL, LA8 9AQ
Received 15 Jan 2004SNUFF MILL AND STORAGE BUILDING,, HELSINGTON
Received 10 Feb 1998ELLERTON GRANGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LF
Received 16 Mar 2005Arnside Tower Farm Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0SN
Received 18 Jul 2025MOORRIGGS, THRIMBY, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EA
Received 19 Jan 200543 Edgecombe Court, KENDAL, LA9 4HH
Received 3 Mar 2020PART FIELD NO 9984, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 4 Jun 1990METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF
Received 4 Oct 2004CEMETERY CHAPEL, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HR
Received 16 Dec 2020MEADOW END, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 23 Apr 2002BARNS AT HILTON HALL FARM, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Received 15 Mar 2003PART FIELD 2651, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 19 Jun 199076 Soutergate, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7ES
Received 13 Apr 2015STOOP HOUSE, BACK LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE.
Received 28 Apr 1998SITE ADJACENT TOWN FOOT FARM, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 4 Aug 2003Cartmel Junior And Infant C Of E School, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6PR
Received 21 Dec 2015SANDS GARAGE, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY
Received 15 Jul 1996Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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