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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN ADJ TO BUSKRIGG, BUSK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 15 Jan 2019Wood Edge Cow Brow Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 1PJ
Received 31 Oct 202448 NETHEREND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PH
Received 20 May 2013ACCOMMODATION, WARCOP A F T C, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PA
Received 30 Apr 20212 Turners Farm Cottages Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PG
Received 11 Jun 2024KENNEDYS FINE CHOCOLATES LTD, THE OLD SCHOOL, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RU
Received 27 Jul 2005HOUGHTONS PARKHOUSE COACHWORK, GRISLEYMIRE LANE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7RF
Received 9 Feb 2012Deva Brow, Birkrigg, Ulverston, LA12 0PG
Received 15 Jul 20146 Spital View, KENDAL, LA9 4NX
Received 31 Jan 2022KENDALL COTTAGE, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PS
Received 21 Nov 2012ROYAL OAK, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 18 Feb 2005Jakeys Wood, land to the north east of Warth Fish Pond, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HY
Received 7 Mar 2022RUTTER MILL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 16 Aug 2005GILL COMBON VIEW, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XU
Received 10 Apr 201926 Cornmarket Penrith CA11 7HS
Received 10 Jun 202662A Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 26 May 2017Carus Green Farm, Burneside Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6EB
Received 23 Jan 2023SOUTH LODGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NB
Received 3 Aug 2015LAND ADJACENT TO STRATHEDEN, CULGAITH ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 18 Sept 20061 MOUNTAIN VIEW, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JP
Received 24 Jun 2005HUNTER HALL FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 3 Nov 201721 Fulmar Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RN
Received 20 May 2014The Manse, Fernleigh Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HN
Received 22 Jun 2015MOUNT CLIFTON FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EY
Received 22 May 2013Records 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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