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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,169 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SIM COURT HOUSE, PATEGILL, PENRITH
Received 16 Jun 2004LAND OFF BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 10 Oct 2014CATTERLEN HALL, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BB
Received 8 Oct 2019GLENROYD, ORCHARD ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DS
Received 22 Jan 201330 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 5 Nov 2018BIRBECK HOUSE, DUKE STREET, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7NA
Received 16 Nov 2012Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 27 May 20224 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 9 Jul 2014Cartmel Junior And Infant C Of E School Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PR
Received 9 Jul 2024Castle Mills, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 11 Jun 2018LAND OFF, EDEN FOLD, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 24 Jun 2003Allithwaite Lodge, Flookburgh Road, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7RJ
Received 24 Nov 201668 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 14 Jul 2022LOW HOWGILL, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TL
Received 29 Aug 2018MOONDAWN FARM, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DZ
Received 17 May 201817 Drysalters Yard, KENDAL, LA9 6DB
Received 31 Jul 2018MELMERBY VILLAGE HALL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HD
Received 16 Jul 2014LOWE ALPINE GROUP (UK) LTD ANN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6AA
Received 28 Jul 2003TAVORA HOUSE, GRANGE FELL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 13 May 2003Silva Gars, Lyndene Drive, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6QP
Received 7 Nov 2014LAND TO EAST OF OXENHOLME STATION, OFF OXENHOLME ROAD, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 25 Aug 20041 ROSE COTTAGES, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NX
Received 8 Mar 2004LANGLANDS, PALLET HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 16 Mar 2021COACH HOUSE, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AY
Received 16 Mar 2004Records 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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