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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,005 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Unit 11 The Facroey,Castle Mills, Aynam Road, Kendal, LA9 7DE
Received 2 Mar 2015Building rear of 42 Market Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QW
Received 9 Dec 2025Marl International Ltd, Marl Business Park, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BN
Received 13 Apr 2021SPITAL FARM, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 2 Mar 2005LAND OPPOSITE METHODIST CHAPEL, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UH
Received 17 May 2018THE BUNGALOW, BUTTERMERE DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7PA
Received 24 Aug 2012Field off Milton Lane, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7NL
Received 7 Oct 2015BARN ADJACENT TO HAWTHORNE HOUSE, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 31 Mar 2005INDIAN PRINCE 48-50 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AJ
Received 22 Dec 2004ASHMEADOW, THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HA
Received 28 Oct 2005Commodore Hotel, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DY
Received 12 Jan 201774 Kentsford Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 10 Apr 20191 Boarbank Farm, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QU
Received 16 Feb 2016Gillingate House, Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 29 Oct 2020TOWNFOOT FARM, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JT
Received 6 Mar 2023Docker Hall Docker Kendal LA8 0DB
Received 31 Mar 2025SHELIAK, NORTH ROAD, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QG
Received 29 Jul 2004SUMMERHOUSE COTTAGE, THE OLD VICARAGE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 14 Oct 202010 Bay Tree Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HL
Received 5 Jul 2021MOOR HOUSE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 19 Jan 2018BARN TO THE RIGHT OF STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 22 Jul 2015CENTER PARCS/SANTAS GROTTO/RANGERS CABIN, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 19 Aug 2021LITTLE GHYLL COTTAGE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3HB
Received 16 Nov 2021MELLGUARDS, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LE
Received 12 Apr 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage