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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,203 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 5 MERESIDE, GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 14 Oct 2016105 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5EP
Received 6 Aug 20041 APPLERIGG, KENDAL, LA9 6EA
Received 10 Apr 2012LAND AT SPRINGFIELD, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 28 Aug 2014THE GLOUCESTER ARMS, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7DE
Received 2 Dec 2011DOBIES, EASTLAKES BUSINESS PARK, GILWILLY ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BB
Received 21 Jul 2006EXISTING STABLE BUILDING ADJACENT TO CROSS FELL, MAIN STREET, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 1 Apr 2004BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7YB
Received 8 Jul 2014Sockbridge Hall Tirril Penrith CA10 2JH
Received 22 Apr 20268 Lune Close Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DA
Received 27 Mar 2025KIRKBIE KENDAL UPPER SCHOOL, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7EQ
Received 23 Feb 2005YANWATH HALL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 4 Nov 20205 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 18 Nov 2021BANK FARM, UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY, CA10 1JB
Received 12 May 2020HARDKNOTTS BUNGALOW, LEECE
Received 31 Jan 200329 - 33 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 31 Jan 201914 SANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TN
Received 11 Dec 2019Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 23 Mar 2022LARCH COTTAGE NURSERIES, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 29 Jan 2018CARRICKMORE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 4 May 2018LAND OFF LARK LANE, PENRITH
Received 21 Mar 2005MELLGUARDS FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LB
Received 15 Nov 2004CHRIST CROFT, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AY
Received 4 Sept 20141AND 2 PEDDAR COTTAGES HOLKER, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PJ
Received 22 Nov 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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