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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,750 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
THE CASTLE DAIRY RESTAURANT, WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 24 May 2012Tree Tops, 3 Hollins Lane, Arnside, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA5 0EG
Received 4 Jul 2014Land to the rear of The Biggins, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 26 Oct 201841 Kendal Green, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5PP
Received 11 Nov 2015BRIDGE END FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EA
Received 10 Jul 2019Ashgrove, Sandside, Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7UA
Received 20 Sept 2014Bridge House, Bridge Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DD
Received 18 Aug 2023Ridgeway, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7QB
Received 20 Oct 2014UNIT 1, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HX
Received 1 Aug 20174 Shaw Green, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JB
Received 26 Jul 2018Raine House Raughton Head CARLISLE CA5 7DT
Received 8 Dec 20253 GREENGATE, KENDAL, LA9 5LJ
Received 7 Sept 201214A VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8HN
Received 14 Sept 2015HIGH MILL NORTHERN UNITS, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 13 Jul 20238 Dodding Holme, Mealbank, KENDAL, LA8 9DH
Received 4 Mar 20223 Kennedy Place, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FU
Received 7 Jun 2022LAND OFF ST LUKES ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN BUSINESS PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HT
Received 21 Jun 201229 Garburn Road, KENDAL, LA9 6JP
Received 21 Nov 2018REST HAVEN, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DG
Received 9 Jun 20221 Whitbarrow Grove, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8LT
Received 27 May 2022PLOT 4 CHAPELFIELD, SKELTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9TB
Received 3 Dec 2014Land south of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RX
Received 11 Oct 2019BOTTOM PASTURE BARN, SANDFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NR
Received 11 Jan 2013Saint Marys Church, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7QR
Received 27 Apr 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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