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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,102 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JR
Received 26 Nov 2015Appleby Grammar School Battlebarrow Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6XU
Received 2 Aug 2024LAND AT NEWTON REIGNY, ADJ TO EAST VIEW, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 13 Feb 200412 CASTLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7HZ
Received 10 Dec 202053 Stramongate, Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 9 Sept 2020BAINSBANK FARM, MIDDLETON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NG
Received 13 Mar 2006CONDENSERGAPP, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 17 Dec 2020UNIT 2 CASTLE RETAIL PARK, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7GS
Received 28 Jul 2014WATERWHEEL COTTAGE, THE BREWERY, ALSTON, CA9 3RP
Received 30 Oct 2017Group of trees on the western boundary of Endmoor Village Hall Playing Field, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HQ
Received 21 Apr 2020SYCAMORE HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 18 May 2015THE STABLES, THISTLEWOOD, HIGH BRIDGE, DALSTON, CA5 7DS
Received 28 May 2014METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PE
Received 10 Nov 200321 Upper Brook Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BH
Received 20 Mar 2020QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EG
Received 25 May 2018Cambridge House, Ashmeadow Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AE
Received 7 Jul 202018 HAWTHORN DRIVE, CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH, CA11 8WF
Received 9 Oct 2003COACH HOUSE, BECKFOOT HALL, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PG
Received 2 Dec 201916 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PS
Received 23 Apr 2019HILL TOP, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HS
Received 17 Jan 2012Briar House, Leece, Ulverston, LA12 0QS
Received 11 Aug 2014IVEGILL C OF E SCHOOL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PA
Received 6 Jan 20048 Greenways Drive Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EL
Received 16 Apr 2024EASEGILL HEAD, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LQ
Received 5 Apr 2012Records 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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