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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7RP
Received 10 May 2012PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, FOXFIELD, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 16 Feb 20062 Pump Square Brough KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4BJ
Received 31 Mar 2026BARN SOUTH EAST OF NEWBY, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 10 Oct 201841, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH
Received 14 May 2003SAND AIRE HOUSE, KENDAL
Received 24 Dec 2002Fellwood Head, Hooks Lane, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TH
Received 2 Sept 2021THE GREYHOUND HOTEL, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 13 Feb 2001Speel Bank Bungalow, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 6 Jul 20221 St Marys Well Buckhorn Lane KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XX
Received 18 Aug 2026LAND ADJACENT TO JOHNSTONE FARM, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 10 May 2022NEW INN, 98 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 8 Nov 2005The Boulders, Charney Well Lane, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6DB
Received 26 Jan 2015EAMONT BRIDGE FARM, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 13 Jun 2001Woodend Farm Land off Mill Lane Low Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DH
Received 14 Aug 2025British Gypsum Ltd Birkshead Mine Knock APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6DT
Received 24 Dec 2024ALLITHWAITE SAWMILLS, CHURCH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE
Received 28 Jun 2002FELL HOUSE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NY
Received 23 Mar 2012HADDERDALE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 10 Feb 2017Land to the South-East of the Kirkby Thore Works Kirkby Thore Penrith CA10 1XU
Received 16 Jul 2026AUGILL HEAD COTTAGE, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 27 Jun 2023APPLEBY CASTLE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 25 Sept 2015LAND ADJACENT WEST VIEW, FLETCHER HILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QQ
Received 18 Dec 2017OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 5 Jun 2015Records 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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