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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,161 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OLD GEORGE III COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 21 Jan 20058 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 2 May 20192 BROOKLANDS, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8LT
Received 1 Nov 201237 SCATTERGATE CRESCENT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SR
Received 17 Mar 2006JOHN WILDING MOTOR VILLAGE, QUEEN KATHERINE AVENUE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 21 May 2004WELCOME INN, KEMPLAY FOOT, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BD
Received 4 Sept 2003Green Hollows Country Park Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0PT
Received 21 Aug 20253 Keasdale Avenue, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LA
Received 29 Mar 20221 GREEN CROFT, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PB
Received 7 Mar 2013Burns Farm Caravan Site, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 5 Jun 2020Garden House, Rigmaden Park, Mansergh, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2ET
Received 26 Nov 20152 PINE CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7SQ
Received 22 Jun 20041 Beech Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 31 Oct 2022LAND TO THE SOUTH EAST OF RECTORY FARM ROAD, BROUGHAM, PENRITH
Received 22 Jan 2019Land off Greenbank Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FB
Received 17 Jan 2025STRIPES FARM, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HQ
Received 5 Feb 2021Land to the east of Pennington Lane Cross-a-moor Swarthmoor ULVERSTON LA12
Received 19 Dec 2025West End Nurseries, West End Lane, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Apr 2019THE WORKS, CHAPEL STREET, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 11 Jan 2022The Tannery Tanpits Lane Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1HZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Caravan Site Spital Farm Appleby Road KENDAL LA9 6PJ
Received 28 Feb 2025THE LODGE, BROCKHAM WOOD, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ED
Received 29 Sept 20162 New Church Gardens, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AP
Received 4 Aug 2020CAPE FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 15 Jan 2018Records 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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