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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,078 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CARPOOL HOUSE, MASK ROAD, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 14 Feb 2020GARTH VIEW, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AL
Received 8 Jul 2013WEST BROWNRIGG QUARRY, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 29 Mar 20161 COCKELL HOUSE, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HF
Received 5 Aug 2016Ellergreen Estate Office, Hollins Lane, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 5SD
Received 26 Apr 2017DAMSON BANK, CROWN INN FIELDS, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EB
Received 23 Sept 2015Woodgate Farm Lowick Green ULVERSTON LA12 8ES
Received 12 May 202616 SCAWS DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8AZ
Received 20 Oct 2023Achray 1 Charney Well Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DB
Received 23 Jun 2025Howgills View, Potter Fell Road, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AY
Received 12 Feb 201972 MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5HG
Received 2 Apr 201341 Croft Terrace PENRITH CA11 7RU
Received 30 Jun 2026Kirkbarrow Hall Greystoke Penrith CA11 0SF
Received 9 Oct 2024The Nook, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 24 Jun 2021THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PN
Received 7 Nov 2003Rosedale 55 Black Dyke Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HZ
Received 29 May 2026LAND WEST OF U3051, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9SH
Received 5 Oct 2023Docker Hall Docker Kendal Cumbria LA8 0DB
Received 29 May 202416 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AE
Received 25 May 2017Allithwaite & Cartmel Burial Ground Cartmel Cemetery Opposite Racecourse Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 14 Sept 2026ELM BANK, GARTH HEADS ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TR
Received 16 Jan 2018Land to the East of Kirk Sike Stainton PENRITH CA11 0HD
Received 15 Mar 2024HIGH RAISE, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 28 Jun 2021Garden area to south east of Beach Arbour Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AX
Received 19 Feb 2026Records 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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