Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,718 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
COACHMANS COTTAGE, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RZ
Received 26 Apr 2006OLD HALL FARM, OLD HALL ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PA
Received 6 Mar 2013Site at rear of 20-21 The Square, Milnthorpe, LA7 7QJ
Received 17 Nov 2014LAND AT HILL TOP, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NB
Received 16 Aug 2006GARDEN OF 3 DRAWBRIGGS MOUNT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HL
Received 10 Jun 2014GALE FARM, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JB
Received 14 Sept 20235 Bongate APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6UE
Received 10 Mar 2025Castle Mills Business Park, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 8 Jun 20189 FAIRGARTH DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DT
Received 6 Dec 2012J36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal Auction Mart, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7FP
Received 18 Apr 2023Land North West of Pembroke Farm Brougham Penrith CA10 2DE
Received 20 Mar 2026THE CROFT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME, LOW WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QW
Received 18 Jun 20203 Shyreakes Lane, Crosscrake, KENDAL, LA8 0AB
Received 17 Apr 2018Plot 1 on land south of Wayside Cottage Hutton Lane Cotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ
Received 17 Apr 202498 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 23 Jul 2018Yewbarrow Lodge Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EB
Received 8 Jan 2026HARTLEYS (ULVERSTON) LTD, OLD BREWERY, BREWERY STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HX
Received 7 Jan 2013MILBURN COURT, REAR AND SIDE OF MILBURN HOUSE, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 5 Aug 201659 Larch Grove, KENDAL, LA9 6AX
Received 19 Dec 201642 Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HH
Received 9 Sept 2019CORNER COTTAGE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 12 Aug 2013South View, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 18 Nov 20215 SANDATH GARDENS, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BG
Received 5 Feb 2016LAND OFF CROGLAM PARK, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 30 Jan 2023Records 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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