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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,675 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Grayrigge Croft, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HD
Received 11 Nov 2022Smithy House Temple Sowerby PENRITH CA10 1RZ
Received 5 Feb 2025LAND NEXT TO THE BEECHES, GREAT ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 11 Aug 199839 Fell Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JG
Received 6 Jun 2018PLOT 2 WEST VIEW, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 31 Mar 20168 Fowling Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6HB
Received 2 Feb 2017KABERFOLD, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 31 Mar 2006DAVID HAYTON LTD, , HILLCREST GARAGE, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BF
Received 13 Jan 2017Dalegarth, Mascalles, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0TQ
Received 28 May 2015Flats 1, 2 & 3, Gillam House, Gillam Yard, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LT
Received 21 Apr 2022BARROWMOOR FARM, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 3 Jan 2012THE BARN, MIDLAND HOUSE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 18 Jul 2023FORMER STANLEY STREET GARAGE, STANLEY STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BS
Received 30 Nov 20052 Hay Fellside, Hayclose Lane, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 16 Nov 2017New Ridding, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 20 Sept 2018Barn at Pit Lane, High Biggins, Via Carnforth, Lancs, LA6 2NP
Received 23 Jun 2014Brewhouse, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 8 Mar 2023HELMSIDE, BRACKENBURGH, APPLEBY
Received 19 Jun 2002ROSEBANK BARN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 23 May 2013HARTLEY CASTLE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Jul 199727 & 29, CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 30 Mar 1998KT's Coaches, Waters Edge Business Park, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NN
Received 29 Jul 201531 Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EJ
Received 19 Nov 2020BROUGHAM OLD BRIDGE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH
Received 7 Oct 2016Records 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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