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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Esthwaite Green, Kendal, LA9 7RZ
Received 24 May 2016HAGGS BANK MINE SHOP, HAGGS BANK, NENTSBERRY, CUMBRIA
Received 15 Jul 2011Ford Park House, The Coach House, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 30 Apr 2018Rose Lea, 7 Keasdale Avenue, Arnside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LA
Received 8 Jun 2021ROSEBANK BARN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Jun 2002BUILDING LAND AT THE MAINS, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 3 Nov 2016Fellside Fernhill Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JD
Received 11 Aug 2025THE VETERINARY CENTRE, CARLETON HILL ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8TZ
Received 20 Nov 2017TOWNHEAD, JOHNBY, PENRITH
Received 14 Sept 2000BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 15 Apr 2020Little Garth, Scales, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0PE
Received 14 Jun 20154 Rockwell Gardens GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DJ
Received 20 Oct 2025BOOTS THE CHEMIST, , 11 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6XF
Received 7 Jun 2013Grange Lido, The Promenade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 31 Mar 2023The Bungalow, Low Fell Gate Park, Cartmel Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7EG
Received 3 Apr 2019LAND AT REAR OF MEADOW VIEW LODGE, WESTWOOD FARM, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 21 Aug 2020LAND AT VIOLET BANK FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AW
Received 9 Feb 2023Easdale, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6PR
Received 14 Nov 201417 Hest View Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PJ
Received 23 Oct 201750, MACADAM GARDENS, PENRITH
Received 16 Aug 2002Cragg End, Flookburgh Road, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7RG
Received 20 Dec 2012HARPRIGG HALL FARM, KILLINGTON, LA6 2EX
Received 1 Dec 2004BOTTOM PASTURE BARN, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NR
Received 24 Aug 2012Sunny Brow Nursery School, Greenside, Kendal, LA9 5DU
Received 22 Sept 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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