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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
BUILDING TO THE REAR OF THE TAGGY MAN, 4 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QS
Received 1 Jul 2021OS Field No 4978 to rear of Cark Hall, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NS
Received 27 Jun 20174 MOORSIDE ROAD, LOW PARK, ENDMOOR, LA8 0EN
Received 22 Sept 2006Brown Robin, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 1 Nov 2019Wellwood, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RD
Received 23 Aug 2019Manor House, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LH
Received 3 Feb 202319 RIVINGTON PARK, APPLEBY, CA16 6HU
Received 25 Aug 2006Land to the East of Townhead Croft Clifton Penrith CA10 2EP
Received 11 Apr 2025Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 13 Apr 2023LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 14 Jun 2022Kirkby Moor wind farm, Kirkby Moor and Lowick High Common, Grizebeck
Received 28 Jul 2016Beken,1 Richmond Terrace, Ulverston, LA12 0BU
Received 30 Mar 2015OAKFIELD, BOARBANK LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 3 Feb 2004FIELD 8567 SALKELD DYKES (NORTH), GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 12 Sept 2005CASTLE HILL, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PD
Received 16 May 2014Bank End, Grizebeck, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XF
Received 20 Jul 2020THE GARTH, GRASSGILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QB
Received 9 Jan 2004Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd, Canal Iron Works, Canal Head North, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7BZ
Received 14 Aug 2013STONEGARTH, HIGH HAMPSFIELD, LINDALE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116LY
Received 12 Jan 2005Church Bank House, Main Street, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1NT
Received 15 Nov 2017Thornleigh Christian Hotel & Conference Centre, The Esplanade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 20 Jun 2017Former Scout Headquarters, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 27 Jun 2022Town End Farm Hackthorpe PENRITH CA10 2HX
Received 21 Jul 20254 CYPRESS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UN
Received 18 Apr 2006Records 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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