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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,899 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Audlands View, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HU
Received 21 Aug 20234 LOW BYER PARK, ALSTON, CA9 3JW
Received 8 Aug 2012Crosscrake C of E Primary School, Stainton, Kendal, LA8 0LB
Received 3 Jun 2013J36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal Auction Mart, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP
Received 24 Aug 2023FIRST NORTH WESTERN, ULVERSTON RAILWAY STATION STATION APPROACH, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DP
Received 14 Mar 2005BLACK LEASES FARM, MILBURN ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, CA10 1XS
Received 2 Feb 2017Greenacres Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3DY
Received 3 Feb 20255 WESTGARTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TF
Received 22 Dec 20059 Inglemere Gardens Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BX
Received 18 Jul 202439 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AH
Received 10 Sept 2025Ford Barn, The Square, Cartmel, Cumbria, LA11 6QB
Received 2 Apr 2015GRANADA SERVICES, , SOUTHWAITE SERVICES STATION, M6 SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NT
Received 12 Jun 2015Meadow Cottage, The Canal, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 20 Nov 2019SYKE SIDE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 6 Jun 2005FAR CLOSE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 26 Feb 2019Bowston Bridge, Bowston, KENDAL
Received 9 Apr 2018FAIRFIELD, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PY
Received 11 Nov 2011Wharton House, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 31 Mar 2016POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 17 Aug 2015Cox Bank Farm, Birks Lane, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PD
Received 30 Jun 2020Wings School, Whassett, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7DN
Received 9 Mar 2022Land to the West of Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 24 Mar 2015MILL FORGE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 16 Jan 2013FELLSIDE COTTAGE, LITTLE ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QE
Received 27 Feb 2015Records 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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