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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,701 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
3 Quaker Fold ULVERSTON LA12 9NE
Received 24 Feb 20265 NUTWOOD MANOR, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EY
Received 4 Oct 2011Old Cottage Warcop Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6NX
Received 24 Jul 2024Verge adj 1 Lakeland View Caravan Park Greengill Penrith CA11 8SE
Received 19 Nov 2025Bank End, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SW
Received 26 Jan 202321 STRICKLANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7QA
Received 23 May 2019West Cottage, Leasgill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ET
Received 13 Jun 2018FIELDS NEAR Green Dragon Farm, & TARN BANK, Main Street, Burton In Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1LQ
Received 5 Mar 2015Burlish Beacon Edge Penrith CA11 7PE
Received 7 Oct 2025Brantfield, Queens Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 6 Mar 2020The Elms, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DZ
Received 8 Nov 2023MEADOW VIEW, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 4 Oct 2023BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 10 Jul 2018THE DURBERVILLES, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 2 Jan 201563 Monument Way ULVERSTON LA12 9SY
Received 10 Jul 2025Land East of Sheriff Park Wood Thrimby Penrith CA10 3EA
Received 13 Feb 202551 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7AQ
Received 1 Jun 2012Manor View, Pitt Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 10 Nov 2020Nags Head Farm Hoff APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6TD
Received 12 Feb 2025REDMAYNE HOUSE, SILVER STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RB
Received 30 Sept 201511 Cherry Tree Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HE
Received 18 Feb 2021LAND SOUTH EAST OF STATION VIEW, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 4 Mar 2021FIELD OPPOSITE LADYBECK, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 29 Jun 2017HEATHER GLEN COUNTRY HOUSE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QQ
Received 13 Apr 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage