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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,824 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND ADJACENT TO WOOD CLOSE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH
Received 13 Mar 20182 HILLSWOOD AVENUE, KENDAL, LA9 5BT
Received 24 Sept 2012MACEY ARMS FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NX
Received 11 May 2006SALVIN HOUSE, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RN
Received 27 Apr 2021Ben Cragg, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PZ
Received 13 Jul 2021Hazeldene, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 21 Jul 2017CROGLIN CASTLE HOTEL, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SY
Received 13 Apr 2017Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 15 Mar 2021Glaxochem Ltd, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9DR
Received 3 Dec 201527 Westwood Avenue, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5BB
Received 19 Dec 2022Apartment 1 Ford Park House Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 20 Aug 2025MILBURN HOUSE, BOWSCAR ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NW
Received 31 Oct 20191 Shaw End Cottages, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DN
Received 23 Mar 2020THE HOUSE, SKELTON ROAD ENDS, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TZ
Received 12 Mar 20216 Priory Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BH
Received 29 Jun 2026Upper Eden Visitor Centre Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QN
Received 4 Jun 2024RAVEN CRAG, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0DE
Received 17 Feb 20127 Redwood Drive, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7FL
Received 16 May 20164 HERSCHELL TERRACE, SCHOOL ROAD, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7TL
Received 7 Jun 2013NOBLES FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 10 May 2012BLACKSTOCKS, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3QN
Received 23 Jul 20196 BRIDGE STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BP
Received 23 Jan 2014METHODIST CHURCH, CHAPEL LANE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UH
Received 23 Jun 2023BEDFORD HOUSE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 12 Feb 2015Records 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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