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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,778 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TETHRA VETERINARY SERVICE LTD, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 8 Jun 2015BROOKSIDE FARM, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RZ
Received 5 Mar 2014MIDTOWN FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EE
Received 10 Jan 2018Mondoory, Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PR
Received 10 Feb 2021LOW MOUTHLOCK, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 12 Feb 2018Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JQ
Received 27 Apr 2020LAND ADJACENT TO SETTLE-CARLISLE RAILWAY LINE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HY
Received 5 Aug 2015TEMPLE SOWERBY CRICKET CLUB, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 23 Feb 20189 MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AY
Received 31 Mar 2006LAND TO THE REAR OF BELL MOUNT FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 21 Oct 201635 Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4JH
Received 15 Jan 2016WARDS BUTCHERS FLAT, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3QH
Received 17 May 201311 CHURCH STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3JU
Received 17 Apr 2023Unit 4 Foxfield Business Park Foxfield BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BX
Received 26 Sept 2024FORMER PENRITH FIRE STATION, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8HY
Received 4 Sept 20142 MELBOURNE COTTAGE, THACKA LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9NG
Received 22 Apr 2020THE BUILDINGS FARM, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 25 Jun 20201 Beechnut Road, KENDAL, LA9 7FF
Received 18 May 2017FLAT 4,1 BANKFIELD, HIGHGROVE, KENDAL, LA9 5DR
Received 4 Mar 2013Land at Kent Lea, KENDAL, LA9 6EE
Received 20 May 2016WESTMORLAND COTTAGE, PENNISTONE GREEN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DY
Received 29 Jun 2015CRICKET GROUND, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RX
Received 14 Jun 20172 BARCO HILL GROVE, PENRITH, CA11 8NF
Received 27 Sept 20175 THE RIDE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 22 Nov 2018Records 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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