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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31, THORPE FIELD, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 1998ASH TREE FARM, SLEAGILL, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 2000LAND AND BUILDINGS AT GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 4 Apr 2023Track off Long Lane, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON
Received 29 Nov 2021Kit Crag Selside KENDAL LA8 9EW
Received 5 Jan 2024High Leasgill, Leasgill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FG
Received 27 Aug 2019LAUREL BANK, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 27 Feb 2003THE OLD GRANERY SAWBRIDGE HALL, BLEATARN, APPLEBY
Received 4 Mar 2002BROCKLEY MOOR HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PA
Received 21 Nov 2016Kendal Snowsports Club, Canal Head North, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 21 Aug 2018BURGUNDY'S WINE BAR, 19 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL
Received 10 Jul 2002Land north of Sycamore Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0NY
Received 5 Aug 2020FIELD NO 0331, LOW HALL FARM, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TR
Received 10 Feb 200635 CASTLE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7AU
Received 6 Jul 2006St Marys Mount, Belmont, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HD
Received 16 Aug 2019SUNBIGGIN, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UP
Received 17 Mar 2005The Estates Office, The Hyning Estate, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BX
Received 22 Jun 2022LAND ADJACENT TO BRACKENBANK VIEW, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LZ
Received 9 Sept 2023Barn at The Stables, Bindloss (YDNP), Wandales Lane, Casterton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2JN
Received 8 Feb 2016AGRIC BUILDING DUE SOUTH OF HUMPHREY COTTAGES, CROSSCRAKE, KENDAL, LA8 0AB
Received 13 Feb 2006GREENGILL HEAD MAIDENHILL, PENRITH
Received 31 Aug 200119 BRUNSWICK SQUARE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7LR
Received 18 Jan 2012The Old Cooperage, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 23 Sept 2022WHITE HOUSE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3HU
Received 12 Dec 2017Records 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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