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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 on the north side of Newbiggin Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 1 Jun 2016Parish Hall, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 11 Sept 2017GATEBECK FARM, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 28 Nov 200516 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AN
Received 6 May 2021BELAH BRIDGE FARM, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 15 Jun 2015213 Valley Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7SF
Received 26 Apr 2013BROADOAK, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NJ
Received 14 Nov 2012Land adjacent to Elm Close High Hesket Carlisle CA4 0JA
Received 22 Aug 2025FIELD ADJACENT TO BROUGHAM AVENUE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DD
Received 29 Jun 20170, , 2A PEARL SYKE, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XL
Received 21 Nov 2005STREET FARM, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 13 Aug 2012Hedgerow to south east of Howestones, Whinfell, KENDAL, LA8 9EQ
Received 22 Feb 2018LAND BEHIND THE SQUARE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 7 Oct 200529 Langdale Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6JU
Received 4 May 2022Homebase, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 22 Jul 2022LAND ADJACENT TO NETHERDENE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 9 Sept 2004THE PASTURES, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EH
Received 15 Mar 200537 UNDERWOOD, KENDAL, LA9 5EB
Received 25 Feb 20041 and 2 High Moss Cottages Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AR
Received 21 May 2026BLAW BANK, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 13 Nov 2012The Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6RG
Received 27 Nov 20153 Holme Park, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AE
Received 5 Aug 2014VICTORIA HALL MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 3 Oct 2005LAND ADJACENT TO 35 VICTORIA SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4QA
Received 30 Jun 2011Records 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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