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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land adjacent to Cross Keys Mount Pleasant Tebay Penrith CA10 3UY
Received 19 Aug 2022MERRYVALE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 18 Mar 2021Flinty Fell Quarry Flinty Fell Nenthead Alston CA9 3HB
Received 30 Apr 202475 GLEBE ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RU
Received 9 May 2023Appleton, Oxenholme Lane, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QH
Received 28 Jan 2021GARDEN OF 49 PRIORY LANE, GRANGE over SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7BH
Received 15 Mar 20124 SUNNY BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EU
Received 9 Sept 2013Land adjacent Redhills Business Park Redhills Lane Redhills Penrith CA11 0DT
Received 15 Dec 2025BURNESIDE HALL LANDFILL SITE, BURNESIDE, KENDAL
Received 23 Nov 2006CO-OP WELCOME, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 4 Feb 2004Pitt Farm Haggs Lane Cartmel Grange-over-sands LA11 6HE
Received 7 Aug 2026TOWN HEAD HOUSE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EX
Received 9 Oct 2014113 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 26 Nov 200419 Margarets Way APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6SA
Received 1 Feb 202451 PARK AVENUE, KENDAL, LA9 5QN
Received 24 Sept 2003BREKKA BARN, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 13 Apr 2022KELSO HOUSE, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QH
Received 23 May 2013ROSE COTTAGE, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 20 Mar 2012ASH HILL FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2AG
Received 9 Feb 201535 The Promenade, Arnside, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA5 0HA
Received 10 Feb 2020Crake View, Penny Bridge, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RL
Received 3 Oct 2017THE COACH HOUSE, SHAW END, PATTON, KENDAL, LA8 9DU
Received 10 Nov 20039 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AU
Received 15 Sept 2006Newland Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QQ
Received 9 Jul 2020Records 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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