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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
17 Kirkbie Green KENDAL LA9 7AJ
Received 29 Oct 20251 STEWART CLOSE, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0ES
Received 19 Aug 20053 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 11 Aug 2021Kit Crag, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9EW
Received 1 Jun 2018PETTERIL BRIDGE END, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JJ
Received 28 Aug 2018LAND TO THE REAR OF SOUR NOOK INN, SEBERGHAM, WIGTON, CA5 7DY
Received 17 Jul 2006KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAS WITNESSES, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 27 Oct 2014MITRE HOUSE, KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AJ
Received 13 Jan 2021Rose Villa, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 19 Aug 2016Grandy Nook, Low Fellside, Kendal, LA9 4NZ
Received 19 Oct 2016GEORGE HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SU
Received 27 Aug 2020STONE FAULDS FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0QA
Received 23 Jun 2016Sellett Hall Barns, Stainton, LA8 0LE
Received 5 Sept 2013MIDTOWN STORES, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NQ
Received 17 Jun 2021FIELD NR. THREE TREES FARM, SALKELD DYKES, PENRITH, CA11 9LJ
Received 4 Feb 2019SOLWAY DAF, UNIT 42 GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 14 Jun 2012Cross Beck Farm, Soutergate, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TX
Received 3 Feb 202121 Whinfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HQ
Received 2 Feb 2021The Miles Thompson Allhallows Lane KENDAL LA9 4JH
Received 3 Dec 2024EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL, FRENCHFIELD SPORTS CENTRE, FRENCHFIELD, PENRITH, CA11 8UU
Received 10 Dec 20125 Stramongate KENDAL LA9 4BH
Received 23 Feb 2026CRAG NOOK, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AY
Received 7 Dec 2021UP TOP, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JH
Received 15 Dec 202258 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AZ
Received 19 Aug 2016Records 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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