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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE CLOSE, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 13 Nov 2017LAND SOUTH OF BEACON VIEW, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 9 Sept 2020Garden plot adjacent to playground, Tram Lane, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BQ
Received 2 Aug 2016NELSON HOUSE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 27 Jun 20125 ST. JOHNS VIEW, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0NG
Received 20 Aug 201262 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 28 Apr 2021Land To Rear of Stayne Garth Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 5 Mar 20242 - 4 The Square East The Square Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1LX
Received 22 Apr 2026MAZON WATH FARM, NEWBIGGIN ON LUNE
Received 21 May 2002HINCASTER HALL, HINCASTER, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND
Received 25 Apr 2013Auchentoul Busk Lane Soulby KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4PX
Received 28 May 2026BOOTHS / HOUGHTONS PARKHOUSE COACHWORKS, PARK ROAD / GRISLEYMIRE LANE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7RF
Received 28 Jun 2012O/S FIELD NO. 8222, AINSTABLE
Received 1 Aug 2002SCALES HALL, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JE
Received 4 Feb 20224 EVERSLEY HOUSE, LEASGILL, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EY
Received 27 Jul 2004Eden House, Conishead Grange, Red Lane, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QH
Received 11 Feb 2021URE MILL, OLD HALL ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DF
Received 6 Oct 200535 Sedbergh Road, Kendal, LA9 6AH
Received 29 Nov 2016Sandyfield Cottage Hampsfell Road Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 6BG
Received 11 Dec 202426 ALBERT STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XA
Received 7 Jul 2023BRUMBY HOUSE, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RP
Received 17 Oct 2022TEMPLE SOWERBY HOUSE HOTEL, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 12 Dec 20221 The Barn, Canal Foot, Ulverston, LA12 9EL
Received 22 Jul 2014Follybank House, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 4 Oct 2021Records 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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