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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HALL PARK, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PQ
Received 10 Dec 2012St Marys Mount Belmont ULVERSTON LA12 7HD
Received 14 Nov 2024Priory View Camping & Caravan Club Site, Sand Hall, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EQ
Received 25 Jan 201746 SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RB
Received 13 Aug 2015CRANSTONS CUMBRIAN FOOD HALL & FACTORY ENTRANCE, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EH
Received 13 Jul 20057 Town Street & 7 Ainsworth Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EY
Received 15 Apr 2022LITTLE SEAWOOD, CARTER ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AS
Received 2 Aug 20062 Chittery Lane ULVERSTON LA12 7DP
Received 13 Feb 2024RED BARN FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 24 Jun 2021OXENHOLME ROAD, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, LA9 7HF
Received 6 Apr 2006Ryesdale, Burton Road, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7PP
Received 29 Jul 2014TUDOR WAREHOUSE ADJ TO BRUSWICK TERRACE, ADJ TO BOWMANS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, PENRITH
Received 3 Jan 2006Mole County Stores, North Lonsdale Road Industrial Estate, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DN
Received 20 Feb 2018BROCCO BANK, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 18 Mar 20043 The Square East The Square Burton-in-Kendal Carnforth LA6 1LX
Received 21 Jul 2025PARKINHILL FARM, APPLEBY
Received 2 Jun 2003The Old Parsonage 6 Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BJ
Received 11 Mar 20261 Rachael's Court, The Ellers, ULVERSTON, LA12 0AF
Received 8 Apr 2019HELME CHASE SURGERY, CO-OP PHARMACY, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HR
Received 11 Jul 2012SILVER BIRCHES FAIRGARTH DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DT
Received 15 Nov 20041-7 Kent Street, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4AT
Received 2 Feb 2015HELM MOUNT FARM, BARROWS GREEN, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 0AA
Received 31 Jul 2013Land North of Beezon Road Opposite Thomas Hardy Kendal Ltd Beezon Road KENDAL LA9 6BW
Received 12 Aug 20263 CASTLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7HZ
Received 17 Oct 2016Records 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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