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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 St Andrews Churchyard PENRITH CA11 7YE
Received 9 Jul 2024FORMER ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE PREMISES,, FERNLEIGH ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 12 Oct 19991 BRIDGE HOUSE, GREENHOLME, ORTON
Received 24 Apr 19905, PENNYHILL PARK, PENRITH
Received 4 Feb 1999Newlands Mill Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HP
Received 25 Jul 2024WETHERIGGS POTTERY, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 25 Aug 2016THREE TREES, BRIGSTEER ROAD, KENDAL
Received 18 Dec 2002THE WORKSHOP ADJ TO CROSBY LODGE,, NATLAND
Received 13 Dec 2001Hesketh Woods, Opposite Marshall Court, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PF
Received 27 Jul 2020RIVERCROFT, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 1 Mar 199023 BIRCHFIELD, ENDMOOR
Received 8 Nov 1996East Brow, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7EW
Received 27 Jan 2014INNISMORE HOUSE LONG LANE, STAINTON WITH ADGARLEY, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA130NH
Received 9 Jun 2003PODGILL VIADUCT, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 Dec 1999BARDSEA LEISURE PARK, PRIORY ROAD,, ULVERSTON
Received 29 Jun 1999The Mint Works, 124 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 24 Jun 2019PLOTS 1 TO 7, FORMER TRANSPORT CAFÉ, LOW MOOR, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 27 Nov 2006"WESTFIELD", WARTBARROW LANE,, ALLITHWAITE
Received 23 Jul 1999Cartref, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RG
Received 15 Nov 2021CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 15 Sept 2022Derlyn, Charney Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 12 Feb 2019I T Shaw Ltd Low Mill Business Park ULVERSTON LA12 9EE
Received 19 Nov 2024Kendal Dental Surgery 56 Stramongate KENDAL LA9 4BD
Received 20 Jun 2024RUDDS YARD SANDGATE, PENRITH, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 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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