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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,737 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AG
Received 29 Jul 2015HILLCREST BARN, GREAT URSWICK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SW
Received 17 Oct 2006WHITE HOUSE FARM, HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 22 Jun 2017Raykeld, Meeting House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ND
Received 23 Dec 20164 ULLESBY GARDENS, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BP
Received 21 Sept 20184 Star Street ULVERSTON LA12 7BY
Received 2 Jul 2026PENRITH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY, THE OLD SCHOOL, MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7TR
Received 2 May 2013Burneside Crown Green Bowling Club, Rear of Station Row, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QZ
Received 13 Jan 2023Building to the rear of 42 Market Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QW
Received 17 Sept 2026UNIT 4, SHORELINE BUSINESS PARK, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HN
Received 5 Dec 20056 Beckside Court, Beckside, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TQ
Received 23 Jan 2017Unit 4 Foxfield Business Park Foxfield Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria LA20 6BX
Received 12 Jul 2023GREYSTONE HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EF
Received 12 Jul 2018The Slipway, Redhills Road, Arnside, LA5 0BW
Received 27 Jul 201541 MITCHELGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BE
Received 1 May 2012IVY COTTAGE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 19 Apr 2018Kearton House Market Place ALSTON CA9 3HS
Received 22 Jun 2026QUEEN KATHERINE SCHOOL, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 9 May 2006Clifford Road and Huntley Avenue Penrith CA11 8PT
Received 25 Sept 2024SHAP BECK QUARRY, PENRITH, CA10 2NX
Received 9 Dec 2014Field adjacent to Priest Lane, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 16 Jun 2016STONEYBECK FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 10 Jun 201323 Nethercroft, Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8LU
Received 5 Nov 2019Thorpe Stable Barn Tirril Penrith CA10 2LL
Received 13 Feb 2026Records 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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