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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,066 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN CLOSE, RED LANE, BARDSEA, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QH
Received 14 Apr 2005Garden of 12 / 13 Jasmine Cottage, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 24 Mar 2020NORTH WEST CORNER OF OS FIELD NO 6535, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 5 Nov 200428 The Esplanade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 11 Jul 20196 BYRNES CLOSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PE
Received 27 Feb 2015BUSTABECK FARM, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DX
Received 20 Oct 202126 AND 30 CASTLE VIEW ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HH
Received 29 May 2018FORMER WICKES STORE, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 12 Aug 2015Conishead Priory, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ
Received 29 Aug 2023BILLY WOOD BARN, EWEBANK, OLD HUTTON, LA8 0NS
Received 11 Apr 2006UNIT 1 & 2 COURTYARD DEVELOPMENTS, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 21 Feb 200514 Ruskin Drive Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2DB
Received 19 May 2025Kendal Day Centre, Dowkers Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HD
Received 20 Apr 2022Barn West of Flakebridge Cottages Flakebridge Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6JZ
Received 7 Nov 2024THE POPLARS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 19 Jun 201415 Oak Tree Road KENDAL LA9 6AN
Received 7 Mar 2025ASHLEA FARM, BURRELLS, APPLEBY, CA16 6EG
Received 22 Oct 2014Stonecroft, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DY
Received 10 Apr 20181 & 2 LITTLE DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7HL
Received 13 Aug 2019Green View, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND
Received 7 Sept 2022Unit 1A Kendal Motor Village Queen Katherines Avenue KENDAL LA9 6DU
Received 19 Jan 2024THE LODGE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ED
Received 29 Nov 2018RIGG END, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 9 Sept 2005FAIRVIEW, 108 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LB
Received 12 Apr 2012Records 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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