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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Dec 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
23 MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QJ
Received 27 May 2014HALL'S PET SHOP, 119 STRICKLANDGATE,, KENDAL
Received 14 Jan 2003WYN SHIELS, AINSTABLE, PENRITH, CA4 9PZ
Received 6 Aug 20132 PRIMROSE COURT, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TR
Received 13 Jan 2020Tithebarn Cottages, 8 Bankfield Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5DN
Received 28 Jul 2015UNIT 2A MORLAND COURT, WESTMORLAND BUSINESS PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6NS
Received 26 Jun 2003Milnthorpe Denture Centre, Beetham Road, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7QR
Received 15 May 2013LAND AT MOSSTHORN FARM, PALLET HILL, PENRITH
Received 2 May 20002 Back Fox Street, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JH
Received 24 Mar 2021Unit 3 Sedan Building Cavendish Way PENRITH CA11 7GS
Received 14 Jan 202652 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AJ
Received 22 Jul 2004CO-OP WELCOLME, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 4 May 2004LAND AT, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 14 Sept 2000THE ARKE, OLD TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3ST
Received 11 Dec 200361 SILVER HOWE CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 15 Mar 200615 FAIRGARTH DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DT
Received 9 Sept 200462 CHURCH STREET, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 26 Apr 2005THE HAMELAND, LONGWOOD, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0ES
Received 29 Aug 2012PART OF FIELD NO.6700, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 19 Mar 2003THE MANOR HOUSE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NQ
Received 1 Jun 2015FLEET FARM, LUPTON, LA6 2PT
Received 7 Feb 201225 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RG
Received 11 Dec 20144 Market Place / 5 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 2 Jul 2018COCKELL COTTAGE, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HF
Received 16 Feb 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage