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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,837 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 ADJ HEATHER GLEN, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QQ
Received 24 Dec 2019ALBERT COTTAGE, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 19 Jan 2022Town End Farm Hackthorpe Penrith CA10 2HX
Received 17 Feb 2026ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 26 Mar 2014FORMER ODDFELLOWS HALL, OFF MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AT
Received 17 Apr 201371 APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6ES
Received 4 Jul 2005LOW PLAINS QUARRY, CALTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TR
Received 29 Apr 2021Land to the rear of Little Garth Lowgate Levens KENDAL LA8 8NJ
Received 9 Oct 20252 PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EU
Received 2 Jul 2019Mitjorn, Beachwood, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AX
Received 18 Jun 2018Rostherne, Charney Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 12 Jul 2023ST CUTHBERTS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 11 Oct 2022The Pastures Log Cabin Park, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 19 Oct 20223 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HF
Received 22 Jul 2020HALL FARM, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AZ
Received 22 Sept 2005FIELD HEAD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 15 Sept 202319 Canal Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JZ
Received 8 Nov 2017Fairways, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 23 Aug 2022Fairbank Cottage, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 4 Jan 2019Gorfenna The Drive ULVERSTON LA12 0DT
Received 4 Jul 20243 Boarbank Farm, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7QU
Received 14 Nov 2012St Oswalds C Of E Primary School, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QR
Received 3 Jul 2019TOPPIN HILL, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LN
Received 7 Dec 2016Land adjacent to River Kent at Aynam Road (Reaches G1, G2, G3 and H1), KENDAL
Received 14 Nov 2023Records 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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