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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,959 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
STABLE YARD, CARTMEL STEEPLECHASES, CARTMEL RACECOURSE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116QF
Received 13 Feb 2006Telecoms Installation at Lupton High Farm, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 14 Apr 2022LAND AT SOUTHEND ROAD/CASTLEHILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 28 Oct 2005G R ARCHITECTS, , 97 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 27 Jun 2019SANDSIDE LODGE SCHOOL, SANDSIDE ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EF
Received 15 Dec 2011Ecclerigg Hall Farm, Killington, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HB
Received 6 Sept 2019LAND ADJACENT TO OAKFIELDS, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 26 Oct 20181-11 Helme Lodge Natland Kendal LA9 7QA
Received 18 Dec 2025OLD MILL FLATT, NR NEWBY, PENRITH, CA103HG
Received 20 Sept 2004BANKWOOD HOUSE, CHAPELS, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 27 Sept 2005Agricultural buildings on land adjacent to Devils Bridge (YDNP), Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Received 22 Dec 2015Field located in the West of the land boundary of Curwen Woods Estate Off A6070 CLAWTHORPE LA6 1NX
Received 23 Mar 2026Braithgate Fold, 28 Lower Abbotsgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2JU
Received 31 Oct 2022High Head Castle Ivegill CARLISLE CA4 0PN
Received 14 Feb 2025THE NOOKERY, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RL
Received 17 Dec 2021STAFFORD HOUSE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 2 Feb 202210 QUEBEC STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AB
Received 12 Jul 2004Furness Fish and Game, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 6 Apr 2020WM MORRISONS SUPERMARKETS PLC, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JU
Received 23 May 2005Rowe End Farm, Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0RP
Received 22 Oct 2015SUNNY HILL, BRACKEN HILL, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DS
Received 12 Jul 2017Hadderdale Great Asby Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6ES
Received 3 Mar 2025Unit 7-9, Lightburn Trading Estate, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NE
Received 15 Aug 2022LOW SLACK, QUEENS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 1 Sept 2004Records 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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