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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,944 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BOND PRECISION CASTINGS LTD, POTTERS LOANING, ALSTON, CA9 3TP
Received 14 Oct 2014HUTTON SUBSTATION, MIDDLESHAW, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LZ
Received 14 Oct 2004Tides Reach, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 2 Mar 20211 BEACON SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 8AJ
Received 16 Nov 2012Brantwood, Neddy Hill, Burton, Burton-in-kendal Carnforth, LA6 1JE
Received 1 May 2014Casterton Old Hall, Casterton, Carnforth, LA6 2SB
Received 13 Aug 20144 Cumberland Close Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EN
Received 5 Aug 2024Folly Cottages Edenhall Penrith CA11 8SZ
Received 19 Jan 2026Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Received 29 Dec 2025SITE ADJ CROWDUNDLE PARK FARM HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QD
Received 17 Oct 2017Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club Airwave 30 M, Raygarth, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DS
Received 23 May 2022BUTTLE HOUSE FARM, HUTTON ROOF, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PF
Received 28 Jul 20054 Market Place and 1,3 and 5 Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12 7BA
Received 8 Oct 2025Barn Hey Flookburgh Road Allithwaite Grange-over-sands LA11 7RJ
Received 12 Nov 2025The Beeches Graham Street PENRITH CA11 9LE
Received 5 Feb 20243 Turners Farm Cottages Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PG
Received 29 Sept 20259 Friary Fields Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6UT
Received 12 Aug 202620 GREEN GARTH, HOLME, LA6 1RF
Received 23 Jun 2006RANBECK FARM, KIRKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 1RN
Received 22 Aug 2016HOLME PRIMARY SCHOOL,NORTH ROAD, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QA
Received 28 Feb 2005The Ashes Caravan Park, New Hutton, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0AS
Received 13 Jan 2015Land North of Cross Street Kirkby Thore Penrith CA10 1UT
Received 11 Nov 202525 VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8HP
Received 5 Dec 2018THE OLD VICARAGE COTTAGE / ROADSIDE NEAR ST CUTHBERT'S PLACE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 15 Jan 2018Records 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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