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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LOW HOUSE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8JA
Received 18 Sept 2017Cross Beck Farm, Soutergate, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TX
Received 18 Oct 2021RAISGILL HALL COTTAGES, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3UB
Received 12 Nov 2014GRATHLYN, BARCO AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8LZ
Received 26 Jan 2015Fairwinds, Low Park Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EH
Received 20 Mar 2023HARIDRESSING SALON - ELM GARTH, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NH
Received 9 Jul 2018West Lune Solar Farm Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH
Received 30 Apr 2026Bells Of Lazonby Ltd Edenholme Bakery Lazonby Penrith CA10 1BG
Received 30 Jun 2026CARTMEL RACECOURSE, PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 5 Apr 2013LAND AT OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 26 Feb 2021KENDAL GOLF CLUB HIGH TENTERFELL, KENDAL, LA9 4PQ
Received 11 Jun 200325 Castle Road KENDAL LA9 7AU
Received 20 Sept 2024Land to the West of Bruntley Meadows ALSTON CA9 3RW
Received 18 Dec 2024Station Inn Oxenholme Kendal LA9 7RF
Received 26 Jun 2025LAND AT MARKET GATE, THOMAS CLOSE, HUTTON, PENRITH
Received 10 Oct 200213 Morewood Drive, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1NE
Received 13 Jan 2020LAND NORTH OF BARROCK CLOSE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LL
Received 17 Sept 2018PENRITH NEW SQUARES, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8JH
Received 30 Jul 201257 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LB
Received 3 May 2006110 STATION ROAD, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NY
Received 5 May 2005LAND ADJ TO CROSS CROFT, APPLEBY
Received 25 Nov 2015Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 19 Sept 2017Shap Beck Quarry Shap PENRITH CA10 2NX
Received 5 Aug 2025BANKFIELD, 8 BANK TOP, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NT
Received 22 Sept 2004Records 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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