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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Dove Cottages, Frosthwaite Farm, Sizergh, Kendal, LA8 8DY
Received 3 Dec 2015FORMER QUARRYFIELD, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 30 Oct 20205, HELVELLYN COURT, PENRITH
Received 24 Feb 2003ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 10 May 2011FIELD GR 36375, 52948., NEWBIGGIN HALL FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TB
Received 2 Apr 200422 Birkett Drive ULVERSTON LA12 9LS
Received 21 Aug 2026NEWLAND FILLING STATION, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 11 Aug 2003Min Y Mor, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 27 Jul 2021NAT WEST BANK, 2 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Mar 2000South Lakes Storage, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7LS
Received 11 Apr 2013LAND AT RECTORY FARM, GREAT ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 27 Oct 1989PLOT F, LAND REAR OF BELA CAFE, BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 6 Jul 1998Land North West of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm Eamont Bridge PENRITH CA10 2JB
Received 27 Jan 202610 PLANTATION GROVE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HY
Received 8 Nov 201129 EMPSOM ROAD, KENDAL
Received 16 Jun 1998MOOR HOUSE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SA
Received 11 Jul 2023INTAKE, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NY
Received 19 Aug 2005LAND OPPOSITE THE RED LION, KILLINGTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HA
Received 30 May 2006Land off North Lonsdale Terrace, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Jan 201729/30, CORNMARKET, PENRITH
Received 1 May 1997WINDERWATH, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2AG
Received 29 Mar 2012LOW PARK BARN, GATEBECK, ENDMOOR
Received 22 Jan 1990LAND ADJACENT TO MOOREND COTTAGES, ROW HEAD, ENDMOOR
Received 2 Aug 1989FAIR VIEWS, BOWSTON, BURNESIDE
Received 8 Apr 1999Records 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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