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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Edge Bank Cabin, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AS
Received 25 Jul 2022THWAITEHOWE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS
Received 8 Feb 2016SHED AT PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 10 Oct 20232a Unit J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP
Received 9 Apr 20211 St JOHNS CRESCENT, STAINTON, CA11 0EX
Received 6 Nov 2020PLOTS 7 AND 8, HORSE AND FARRIER COURTYARD, LOW MOOR, KIRKBY THORE, CA10 1XJ
Received 28 Jul 2016ST JAMES'S CHURCH, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 10 Jul 2015SCHOOL HOUSE, MURTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6LZ
Received 29 May 2014ALLITHWAITE COMMUNITY CENTRE, QUARRY LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QJ
Received 10 Dec 20122 RAYGARTH, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DS
Received 15 Nov 2004LAND AT HIGH HOUSE FARMHOUSE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BE
Received 28 Jun 2012The Old Granary Foulstone Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 5 Feb 2026Kiln Head Cottage, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DG
Received 2 Jul 2018Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH
Received 29 Dec 2025139 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Received 13 Aug 2018HOWFIELD FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LQ
Received 30 Apr 201527 LONG MEADOW LANE, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QZ
Received 15 Jun 2004CARK MANOR, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 13 Jun 2005LAND AT STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TB
Received 6 Feb 2019OS FIELD NO 3045, GATEBECK ROAD, KENDAL
Received 1 Dec 2005CROSSFELL HOUSE FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UP
Received 5 Sept 2019First and Second Floor Victoria House, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 18 Nov 2016HOLLY BANK, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 9 Jul 2015Part OS Field No 7900, adjacent to Wellwood, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RD
Received 17 Apr 2019Records 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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