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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North West of White House Hoff APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6TA
Received 24 Mar 2026STATION HOUSE, MIDDLETON
Received 23 Dec 2002LAND AT NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 7 May 201988 Greenside, Kendal, LA9 5DT
Received 12 Sept 201432, CARLETON PLACE, PENRITH
Received 27 Jun 200110 HAWESMEAD DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 5HD
Received 20 Nov 2006TOWN HALL, KENDAL
Received 23 Nov 1990WHITE HOUSE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 13 Sept 2013ARCHWAY VETERINARY PRACTICE, STATION, SQUARE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 16 May 1996UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE CUMBRIA CAMPUS, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH
Received 22 Jul 2002Land East and West of Kings Meaburn Penrith CA10 3BU
Received 17 Sept 2024THREE MILE HOUSE FARM, KILLINGTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HB
Received 30 Mar 200425 LYNDHURST ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Jun 1999ST PAULS METHODIST CHAPEL/ SCHOOLHOUSE, TOWN HEAD, ALSTON
Received 25 Nov 1997NORTH LODGE, GREAT HEAD HOUSE ESTATES, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 3 Apr 1997BECK MILL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NY
Received 14 Jul 200445, CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 3 Jul 2000LUPTON HIGH FARM, LUPTON
Received 16 Aug 1996Barn at Mellguards Farm Mellguards Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0LE
Received 22 Jan 2025MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 12 Jun 20065 Oakroyd Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0ET
Received 9 May 202349 Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TU
Received 22 Apr 2025CROWDUNDLE PARK FARM, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 18 Oct 200513 Empsom Road, Kendal, LA9 5PR
Received 26 Nov 2014Records 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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