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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,706 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bush Green, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6EZ
Received 22 Feb 2022WHITE GATE CARAVAN PARK, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6BU
Received 21 Apr 20201 Dobbie Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PX
Received 3 Oct 2022The Courthouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4TJ
Received 22 Nov 2021APPLEBY CRICKET CLUB, , LAND NEAR THE CRICKET PAVILION, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 29 Mar 2017LAND ADJACENT TO PENRITH BEACON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7SG
Received 22 Apr 2014THE ASHES, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 20 Oct 2021Shakespeare Inn, 78 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 15 Dec 2017STABLE CLOSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LX
Received 3 May 2012GREYSTOKE CASTLE, HOME FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TG
Received 16 Jan 20131 Cliff Terrace KENDAL LA9 4JR
Received 9 Jul 202617 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RL
Received 19 Jul 2017PHOENIX HEALTHCARE, UNIT 63 GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 7 Oct 2014LAND OFF SCAUR LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 22 Jul 2016Arnside Educational Institute, Church Hill, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0DF
Received 28 Nov 201446 Bleaswood Road, OXENHOLME, LA9 7EZ
Received 16 Aug 2016Westerley, New Barns Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BL
Received 26 May 2016WHITBARROW FIELD, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 2 Aug 2023FIELD HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EF
Received 3 May 2016THORNBARROW FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 25 Apr 2014Albion Building, Sandes Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 4LL
Received 10 Nov 2021THE CROFT, CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RQ
Received 24 May 2021Beckside House Farm, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SW
Received 23 Mar 2022BARN AT MILL HOUSE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DU
Received 14 Sept 2018Records 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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