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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
GINNYRING COTTAGE, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XH
Received 5 Apr 2004Viver Mill Farm, Viver Lane, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NF
Received 29 Aug 2017CLAWTHORP HALL, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 4 Nov 2002SWARTHMOOR FOOTBALL CLUB, PARK ROAD,, SWARTHMOOR
Received 18 Nov 2002LAND AT FIDDLERS LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 5 Apr 2023OLD VEGETABLE GARDEN, ABBOTS BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 25 May 2004Bannister Barn, Mireside Farm, Mansergh, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EP
Received 1 Oct 20211 Gillinggate KENDAL LA9 4JE
Received 16 Sept 20241 Queens Place, KENDAL, LA9 4PJ
Received 20 Jul 2020BARN DYKE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BA
Received 6 Jun 2019LOW PLAINS HOUSE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RQ
Received 16 Jun 2015Tyson H Burridge Ltd, LORRY PARK, UNIT 16 COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BN
Received 8 Aug 2022PLOT 6C AND PART PLOT B, NORTH LAKES BUSINESS PARK, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JG
Received 11 Dec 2017THOMPSON FOLD FARMHOUSE, THOMPSON FOLD, LUPTON, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA, LA6 1PH
Received 4 Jul 2011LAND ADJACENT TO CREEDEN, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RE
Received 17 Apr 2013THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE, THE SQAURE, CARTMEL
Received 4 Apr 2003MELMERBY VILLAGE GREEN, MELMERBY
Received 13 Apr 2003Castle Mill, Aynam Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7DB
Received 9 Feb 2015WOODHOUSE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BE
Received 14 Jan 20215 Priory Lane, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 20 Feb 2018LAND TO SOUTH OF NAB BARN, SOUTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 18 Sept 2017Hill Top, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7NG
Received 10 Sept 2014West End Nurseries, West End Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HP
Received 18 Jul 2019Barn at Cocklea, Old Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0NR
Received 10 Dec 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage