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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pembroke Farm Brougham Penrith CA10 2DE
Received 21 Aug 2026DOCKER NOOK, 42 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 1 Mar 2004NENTHEAD HOUSE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PD
Received 20 Feb 2012Stonegarth Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9PA
Received 10 Sept 2025TOLLGATE, 28 CHURCH STREET, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DX
Received 21 May 2004THE OLD POST OFFICE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QT
Received 21 Jul 2006BT EXCHANGE, BLACKHALL ROAD, KENDAL
Received 29 Aug 2000River House, Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2AT
Received 6 May 2015Land south of Haggs Lane, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PH
Received 15 Aug 2017SITE ADJACENT, MILL GARDENS HARTLEY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Jul 1991Land adj The House Skelton Road Ends Skelton PENRITH CA11 9TZ
Received 2 May 2024Plot 6 Joiners Close Newbiggin PENRITH CA11 0HU
Received 14 Nov 202414 Yeats Close, KENDAL, LA9 5HY
Received 31 Aug 2021THE COTTAGE, BROW END, GREAT URSWICK
Received 10 Feb 2003WESTMORLAND TEBAY SERVICES, M6, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 12 Dec 20031-2 PRIMROSE COURT, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 3TL
Received 1 Dec 201110 CASTLE CRESCENT, KENDAL, LA9 7AN
Received 9 Sept 20031 Kentsford House, Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 13 Feb 20181 TENTER ROW, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3HY
Received 5 Dec 2014NOBLES REST, MAUDE STREET, KENDAL
Received 4 Sept 2001THE VICARAGE, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 12 Jul 2012NEWTON RIGG, CUMBRIA CAMPUS, PENRITH
Received 17 Jun 2002HOLLY CROFT, 25 KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 5PN
Received 29 Jan 20131 ALBERT COURT, BROOK STREET, PENRITH
Received 4 Oct 2001Records 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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