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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2 Belmont, Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JP
Received 21 Aug 2018IVY COTTAGE, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 29 Jan 2004Stables North of Thorngate Long Marton Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6BU
Received 30 Nov 2023The Spinney, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 14 Jan 20191 Lingfell, 16 Grange Fell Road, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6BJ
Received 7 Jul 2014THANET WELL CARAVAN PARK, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XX
Received 1 Aug 2018Rear of Holme Community School, North Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QA
Received 7 Oct 202170 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 4 May 2016Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 1 Sept 2017Land to the South of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QD
Received 19 Apr 202321 High Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 8 Feb 2019Abbot Hall, Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 12 Feb 2020UNIT 12 HARTNESS ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BD
Received 17 Jul 2015GAUGING STATION, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BH
Received 19 Dec 2014Penny Bridge C of E School, Penny Bridge, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RQ
Received 26 Feb 2018WELCOME INN, KEMPLAY FOOT, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BD
Received 3 Sept 2003COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LN
Received 10 Jan 2005Land at 1 Kent Bank, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 7 Nov 2017LAND SOUTH OF COACH HOUSE, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AY
Received 11 Jul 2019Field South West of Hunsonby Sewage Works Hunsonby Penrith
Received 18 Jul 2024LAND AT SPITAL FARM, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 1 Dec 2005Stubb Farm Gatebeck Road Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EP
Received 30 Sept 2024LAND TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF NENTHALL BRIDGE, NENTSBERRY, ALSTON
Received 25 Feb 2020MANOR HOUSE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NQ
Received 27 Jul 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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