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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GALE BARN FARM, HUTTON ROOF
Received 26 May 1998MOSS LEA, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 3 May 2013TEMPLE CROFT, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RL
Received 17 Dec 2021THE BYRE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JQ
Received 2 Jun 2004HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 31 Aug 2021FLUSCO LANDFILL SITE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0JB
Received 16 Oct 20068A HAVERWOOD, WOODHOUSE, NR MILNTHORPE
Received 18 Jul 1991MARTIN A GAP, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 12 Feb 1996SITE BEHIND THE LILACS, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 2 Nov 2018LAND ADJACENT SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY, OF M6, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 13 Feb 1998Wells House Farm, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6PN
Received 16 Apr 2013Flat 1 Castle Stores, Castle Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7BJ
Received 9 Apr 2021CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY
Received 21 Mar 1990The Warehouse (formerly E Wilson & Sons Kendal Ltd), Cross Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5LB
Received 18 Aug 2016LAND AT LOANING HEAD, LAND OFF STATION ROAD, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 24 Aug 201633, CROFT CLOSE, BROUGH, KIRBY STEPHEN
Received 24 Apr 2003GRASSGILL HOUSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PT
Received 1 Sept 2014O.S. FIELD NO. 9826 BLACK MOSS TARN, PATTON BRIDGE, NR. KENDAL
Received 18 May 199019 QUEBEC STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AD
Received 26 Oct 2006FIELD NO 2956, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0DT
Received 12 Nov 2004THE FORMER APPLECART, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 16 Sept 19967 THORNLEIGH DRIVE, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NQ
Received 13 Mar 2013PART OS 8300, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 7 Feb 1997STREETHEAD FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE
Received 6 Jan 1992Records 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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