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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,025 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GREYSTONE HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 1 Aug 2017Jenkin Cragg Farm, Fowl Ing Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6PH
Received 18 Oct 2022ORCHARD CLOSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AJ
Received 24 Sept 2014LANSMERE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3ED
Received 17 May 2021Holme Farm, Meathop Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QX
Received 25 Jan 2023The Stables, Helme Lodge, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QA
Received 28 Jun 201710 MURTON CLOSE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RE
Received 7 Apr 2004GAINFORD COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3DA
Received 26 Feb 2018BRAESIDE, HILLCREST DRIVE, SLACKHEAD, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA
Received 22 Nov 2004HOAD VIEW,NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DZ
Received 9 Sept 2011Garden of Castle Mount Burton Road Oxenholme KENDAL LA9 7PR
Received 16 Sept 2026WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 21 Nov 2011Field adjacent A5092, Gawthwaite, ULVERSTON, LA12 8EU
Received 3 Apr 20232 BACK LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LANCS, LA6 2AP
Received 13 Oct 2005BROOKLYN, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PR
Received 13 Apr 2012Land between the Railway and Moorside Cottages Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LE
Received 24 Apr 2024DOUGLAS HOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 22 Jun 2020The Old Stables, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 2 May 2017HOME FARM, BLOODY BONES LANE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AP
Received 17 Aug 2016LAND WEST OF THAWAITES WORKSHOP, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 10 Sept 2019GARTH HOUSE, GLEASTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QF
Received 13 Jul 2004LOW GREENSIDE, GREENSIDE LANE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LU
Received 27 May 20161 Roebuck Place, Stockbridge Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BG
Received 14 Nov 2022LYNIAN, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XN
Received 15 Dec 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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