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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,066 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND ADJACENT TO SEATTLE, SANDSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TA
Received 23 May 2005LAND ADJACENT TO THE A66 UNDERPASS JUNCTION AT COUPLAND BECK, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY
Received 31 May 2023THOMPSON FOLD FARMHOUSE, THOMPSON FOLD, LUPTON, CUMBRIA, LA6 1PH
Received 4 Jul 2011The Fountain House, 8 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AY
Received 7 Aug 2023South Site (Former Car Park), Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 2 Sept 20201657 CHOCOLATE HOUSE, 54 BRANTHWAITE BROW, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 10 Jun 2005LAND BETWEEN WINDERMERE ROAD AND KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL
Received 23 Oct 2006Grass verge adjacent to Latham Gardens Foxfield Road Broughton-in-furness LA20 6EZ
Received 7 Feb 2024Area surrounding High Beanthwaite KIRKBY IN FURNESS LA17 7XT
Received 21 Oct 2025FERN BANK, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 28 Nov 2017TOR CROFT, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 21 Aug 2015LAND AT CHURCH BANK, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1NT
Received 3 Nov 2005THACKA LEA, THACKA LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HX
Received 1 Mar 2018THE REGENT, MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DY
Received 14 Nov 2011HOLLINS FARM, FAR ARNSIDE, LA5 0SL
Received 11 May 2012Miller and Sons Scrap Yard, Church Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EW
Received 26 Aug 20214 CASTLE VIEW ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HH
Received 7 Dec 20209 CHURCH RISE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SL
Received 3 Jun 2014ALLITHWAITE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 11 Apr 2005LAND OPPOSITE 'FIRBANK', EDEN MOUNT, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 9 Sept 2005Gallowbarrow Mill, Natland Road, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7LR
Received 25 Mar 2014Land at Garden Cottage, The Fold, Cark in Cartmel, Cumbria, LA11 7PA
Received 17 Feb 20162 YEW TREE COTTAGES, SHAW LANE, STORTH, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JD
Received 28 Jan 2005Stone Cross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 6 Oct 2016Records 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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