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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,043 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
MYERS LANE BUSINESS PARK, MYERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9DP
Received 21 Jul 2021Ground Floor 11 Brewery Street, Brewery Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HU
Received 24 Nov 20228 Silver Howe Close, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 22 Apr 2021WREN HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HD
Received 3 Jan 20171 A Priory Crescent, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BL
Received 23 Jan 2020THOMPSON FOLD FARMHOUSE, LUPTON, LA6 2PP
Received 18 Jan 2012Former Coach House adjacent Bank End House Appleby in Westmorland CA16 6LH
Received 19 Mar 2026LILAC COTTAGE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LL
Received 5 May 2022The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 2 Aug 20181 INGLEMERE CLOSE, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AP
Received 22 May 2013LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 9 Apr 202123 Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LJ
Received 1 Mar 2021Land at Crabtree Farm, Crabtree Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 8 Apr 2021Land to the East of Ulverston Road, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PZ
Received 11 Jul 2022LOW BORRANS, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NB
Received 9 Jan 2006SCHOOL VIEW, SILVER STREET, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AN
Received 9 May 2005125 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5EP
Received 26 Jul 200411 NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AB
Received 18 Jan 201334 MEADOW CLOSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BF
Received 28 Sept 20211 ASHMOUNT GARDENS, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DN
Received 8 Aug 2012Land near to Winstanley Row, Winter Lane, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HG
Received 2 Aug 2023GHYLL COTTAGE, LEASGILL, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ET
Received 2 May 2012Swarthmoor Hall Swarthmoor ULVERSTON LA12 0JQ
Received 19 Mar 2024Fairbank Cottage, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 4 Jan 2019Records 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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