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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,087 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 23 Dec 2016MANOR HOUSE MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AB
Received 16 Oct 2017BOWMEN OF HOLME ARCHERY FIELD, MILNTHORPE ROAD, HOLME
Received 4 May 2012UNIT 1 THE BARNS, ASBY HALL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EX
Received 25 May 2005Woodside, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 29 Mar 2016Whinthwaite House Brigsteer Road Levens KENDAL LA8 8NU
Received 12 Dec 2023THE GARS, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NB
Received 14 Oct 2003The Coach House Mutton Hall Reservoir Road Killington KENDAL LA8 0NW
Received 4 Mar 2025Land adjacent 3 Dover Mews Shap Penrith CA10 3LJ
Received 9 Sept 2025CROSSRIGG HALL, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AN
Received 10 Mar 2022Applegarth, Cartmel Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QZ
Received 7 Sept 2022Grange Lido, The Promenade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 31 Mar 2023FORMER MINERS ARMS, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 22 Jul 2015Rear of Rickerbys Greenbank Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FB
Received 19 Mar 20244 ANGEL SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7BT
Received 7 Feb 20191 Sowerby Lodge Brough Sowerby Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EG
Received 17 Jun 2025LAND TO THE REAR OF, 13 RUSKIN DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 24 Jul 2003MIDTOWN FARM, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 10 Nov 2005Land off Carleton Hill Road Carleton PENRITH CA11 8TZ
Received 11 Dec 20245 Blenketside, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RY
Received 10 Feb 202157 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LB
Received 20 Feb 2006LAND AT MOSS BANK LODGE PARK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 6 Nov 2020COB COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 10 May 2004Ferndene, Caroline Street, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 18 Jan 2022Records 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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