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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,863 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HUTTON HALL, FRIARGATE, PENRITH
Received 25 Nov 2005LAMONBY HOUSE, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 15 Nov 2022TYNEHOLME, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 5 Oct 20052 MELBOURNE COTTAGE, THACKA LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9NG
Received 22 Apr 20217 Dove Cottages, Sizergh, KENDAL, LA8 8DY
Received 12 Apr 2017FENISCLIFFE, NEW BARNS CLOSE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0BL
Received 15 May 2013Land off Carleton Hill Road Carleton PENRITH CA11 8TZ
Received 19 Jun 2025OLD RECTORY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 16 Feb 202142 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TA
Received 18 Oct 2022Fell Garth, Myerscroft, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RH
Received 28 Jun 201913 DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 3 Oct 2022LAND WEST OF SALKELD ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 29 Jun 2023CROFT HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 23 Aug 2022STONEBARN COTTAGE, LOW GALLIGILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 16 May 2017SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, SOUTHWAITE GREEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10
Received 4 Oct 2012FORMER MILKING PARLOUR NEXT TO YEW TREES, LEADGATE, ALSTON, CA9 3EL
Received 16 Dec 2014Cressbrook, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HW
Received 14 Aug 2018Kiln Head Farm, Lambrigg, Kendal, LA8 0DG
Received 26 Jun 2014LYNDON, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 3 Feb 2017Crag End Cottage, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 9 Apr 2020Fowrass Farm Laithes PENRITH CA11 0AN
Received 12 May 202613 - 14 MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7PG
Received 23 Aug 2019HOUGHTONS PARKHOUSE COACHWORK, GRISLEYMIRE LANE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7RF
Received 18 May 2012LAND TO THE REAR OF 20 THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 16 Jul 2013Records 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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