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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,983 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Masonic Rooms, 7 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 26 Jan 2017NATLAND MILL BECK FARM, NATLAND MILL, NATLAND MILL BECK LANE, KENDAL, LA9 7LH
Received 10 May 2013MAUGHANBY FARM, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NP
Received 23 Jan 2006Pine Trees Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HG
Received 18 Aug 2026LONGLANDS BARN, LONGLANDS CARAVAN CLUB, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XZ
Received 20 Oct 2006AKENSIDE FARM, NEWBIGGIN, BRAMPTON, CA8 9DH
Received 30 Jun 2005Hazeldene Main Street Shap Penrith CA10 3NU
Received 21 Mar 2025THE CASTLE DAIRY, WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 28 May 2013OAK COTTAGE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 28 Mar 2006Cark House Cottage, Cark House Court, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PE
Received 15 Oct 2020NORTH LODGE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 25 Apr 2019POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 29 Mar 2006Land to south of Bendrigg Lodge & north of Cocklea Wood, Old Hutton, SEDBERGH, LA8 0NR
Received 18 Jul 2016Land adjacent Estuary Lodge, Askew Gate Brow, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TE
Received 6 Dec 201911 PARKLANDS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8SD
Received 21 Apr 2005THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NS
Received 16 Feb 2005Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PG
Received 9 Jun 2016KABER METHODIST CHAPEL, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 24 Aug 2006Fox Tarn, Haverbrack, Milnthorpe, LA7 7AJ
Received 26 Jun 201422 Blea Tarn Road, Kendal, LA9 7NA
Received 10 Jun 2014BLOOMSBERRY HARDBACK AND COTTERILL, DYKEHEADS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 26 May 2006WINTER TARN, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EW
Received 19 Sept 2023Longwell, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LD
Received 8 Jul 20215 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 10 May 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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