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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North of Greylags, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 16 Jan 2023BUSH COTTAGE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 2 Jul 200174 Greenside KENDAL LA9 5DT
Received 13 Aug 2025Whetstone, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PE
Received 22 Jul 201911 GREEN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4QR
Received 28 Nov 2005DYKE FARM, GREENHOLME, PENRITH, CA10 3TA
Received 9 Nov 2004The Old Brewery, Brewery Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HU
Received 20 Oct 2021HALE END, HALE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BW
Received 28 Apr 2004LANGTON GATE FARM, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JG
Received 2 Oct 2003Snuff Mill Cottage, Helsington, Kendal, LA9 5RL
Received 26 Nov 2013Abbot Hall Farm, Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 31 Mar 2023LAND AT WREAY, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PY
Received 6 Sept 20169 STEPHENSON CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BE
Received 23 Feb 2018LAND OFF CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 24 Nov 2020AMBERLEY HOUSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BA
Received 19 Aug 2014Highfield House Queens Road KENDAL LA9 4PH
Received 29 Aug 202534 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 30 Mar 2021M G D Distribution, Mintsfeet Road South, Kendal, LA9 6ND
Received 8 May 2014LOW AUDLANDS, ENDMOOR
Received 12 Oct 2001The Old Vicarage, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NL
Received 20 Oct 202219 RYDAL ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 1 Nov 2001THE ELEPHANT, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NA
Received 1 Jun 2012Beech View Brampton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6JS
Received 27 Sept 2024AMBLE COTTAGE, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 31 Aug 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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