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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FALL FLAT, STREET LANE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SE
Received 15 Jul 2015Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent, KENDAL
Received 7 Dec 2022THE RAMBLINGS, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JT
Received 14 Apr 2014POLICE REPORTING OFFICE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 14 May 1999ESKDALE, HINCASTER, NR KENDAL
Received 22 Apr 199116 Lumley Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HT
Received 31 May 201910 Ash Court, Ulverston, LA12 0UQ
Received 28 Dec 2016THE BARN, BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 3 Aug 2004THE KENDAL ARMS HOTEL, 72 MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5HG
Received 9 May 201214 SCAWS DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8BH
Received 10 Apr 2012LAND BEHIND CARTMEL GRANGE NURSING, HOME, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 12 Jun 2000OFF JACKSON LANE (SOUTH), SHAP, PENRITH
Received 1 Feb 2001HILL CREST FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 13 May 2022BROWFOOT BARN, SELSIDE, KENDAL
Received 19 Jul 2005LAND TO THE EAST OF SHAP, AND WEST OF, M6 MOTORWAY, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 2005ULLSWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WETHERIGGS LANE, PENRITH
Received 26 Jun 2001SPRINGWELL, SPARK BRIDGE, ULVERSTON
Received 6 Aug 1990WESTSIDE, QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Mar 2001LAND AT, GREYSTOKE PARK ROAD, PENRITH
Received 22 Nov 1996BARN ADJACENT BUSKRIGG, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 8 Nov 2017THE RISING SUN, APPLEBY
Received 24 Apr 1998SITE ADJACENT TO OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1SG
Received 20 Jul 2017Ladybeck Tirril Penrith CA10 2JF
Received 22 Apr 2026Lingwood Park, Cartmel Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QA
Received 21 Mar 2022Records 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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