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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,985 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Mast Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 8SJ
Received 21 May 2025Killington Lake Services M6 Southbound, Killington, KENDAL, LA8 0NW
Received 19 Feb 2020Tullimaar Parkside Road KENDAL LA9 7LG
Received 3 Nov 2025HAWBANK FARM, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 9 Oct 1991Reagill Grange Reagill Penrith CA10 3ER
Received 17 Mar 2026WAIN WATH BARN, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4PH
Received 10 Apr 2013Land at 53 Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AR
Received 11 Jun 2014LAND ADJ TO WESTMORLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9
Received 5 Oct 2011MELMERBY CARAVAN PARK, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 2 Nov 19994 HAYGARTH COURT, KENDAL, LA9 4JF
Received 14 May 2013Silver Trees, Far Close Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BG
Received 12 May 2020Gowan Brae Ashleigh Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HE
Received 14 Oct 2026SHILOH, MAIN ROAD, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA120RX
Received 3 Dec 2003SOUTH VIEW, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PT
Received 28 Jun 2005SCOTTS FISH RESTAURANT, SANDGATE, PENRITH
Received 21 Oct 1999Spice Essence 48-52 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AJ
Received 5 Jan 2026HOME FARM, GREYSTOKE CASTLE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH
Received 3 Jan 1990NORTH AREA OF LAND AT GOSSIP GATE, ALSTON
Received 12 Dec 2016Lowther House, 34 Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DX
Received 25 Jul 2014BARN ATTACHED TO BLACKMOOR GATE HOUSE, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 26 May 1989Ginnyring Cottage, Grizebeck, Kirkby In Furness, LA17 7XH
Received 12 Apr 2018STABLE BOYS COTTAGE, CURWEN WOODS, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 12 Apr 1996LAND AT LOW BARN FARM, FLAKEBRIDGE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JZ
Received 7 Feb 2020BELLE VUE, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON
Received 21 Nov 1989Records 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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