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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,983 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ship Inn Sandside MILNTHORPE LA7 7HW
Received 14 May 20265 JUBILEE LODGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 18 Aug 2021THE BEECHES, PENNY BRIDGE
Received 22 May 1989Somersby, 7 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 12 Nov 2018LAUREL BANK, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BJ
Received 29 May 2013LARCH COTTAGE NURSERIES, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 13 Nov 2014NUTWOOD MANOR, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EY
Received 3 Jan 2013Nenthead Arts And Visitor Centre Methodist Church Nenthead Alston CA9 3PF
Received 28 Jul 2026Sandwath Farm Kirkby Stephen CA17 4HE
Received 10 Feb 2026Greenlands, Ladies Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HB
Received 23 Aug 202214 HELSINGTON LAITHES, HELSINGTON
Received 14 Apr 1998BUSH COTTAGE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 1991Silva Gars, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 15 Oct 2021Westmorland Shopping Centre, KENDAL, LA9 4LR
Received 26 Jan 2022LAND TO NORTH OF CARLETON HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 10 Jan 2017Land at Booths, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 15 Feb 2019WORKSHOP AND PREMISES, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 8 Jan 201822 DALLAM DRIVE, SANDSIDE
Received 13 Feb 2002LAYTON MANOR HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 10 Nov 20041 Drovers Lane Penrith CA11 9EP
Received 13 Dec 2024BARNSIDE, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 18 Apr 1989Garage site to the rear of Castle Garth, KENDAL
Received 8 Nov 2022FORMER TSB, 12 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL
Received 1 Sept 1999BECK COMMUNITY CENTRE, HERON HILL, KENDAL
Received 10 Jan 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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