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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 ADJ TO FERNBANK, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 14 Nov 2018Crooklands Hotel, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7NW
Received 4 Nov 2022Land to the east of High Thorn Farm, Selside, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 9JX
Received 24 Oct 20175 Stockbridge Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BG
Received 8 Oct 20125 DEER PARK BARN, CROOKLANDS
Received 16 Jan 19971 Hawesmead Cottages Hawesmead Avenue KENDAL LA9 5HX
Received 26 Jul 2024Broadhead Bridge Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9EU
Received 1 Jul 2025ADGARLEY FARM, STAINTON WITH ADGARLEY
Received 1 Oct 19914 MOUNTBARROW ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NH
Received 6 Jun 2012CAROLINE COTTAGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 13 Apr 2016LINDORE, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SP
Received 21 Jan 2004TUDOR VIEW, HELBECK ROAD, BROUGH, KIRBY STEPHEN
Received 13 Mar 2003ODDFELLOWS CONTEMPORARY ART LTD, PRINCE CHARLIE'S HOUSE, 95 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 24 Jul 1997PLOT NO 30, QUARRY CLOSE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Sept 1989Land Adjacent to Candlewyck Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7DF
Received 23 Oct 2025Alston Highways Depot Chapel Terrace Nenthead Road ALSTON CA9 3SW
Received 29 May 2025PLOTS 1 2 AND 3, WHINFELL VIEW, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 22 Dec 1999THE OLD BYRE, OUTHGILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 12 Mar 19961, KING STREET, PENRITH, PENRITH
Received 2 May 1989BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 33 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 27 Mar 2013Low Grounds Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NS
Received 28 Feb 2025NEWBY COURT, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 23 Jun 1997FIRWOOD GARAGE, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 19 Feb 19918 Hollins Lane Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0EG
Received 26 Jun 2025Records 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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