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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,695 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 CENTRAL COURT, BIRKRIGG PARK, HIGH CARLEY, PENNINGTON, LA12 0UN
Received 1 Sept 200356 KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 15 Mar 201233 RIVINGTON PARK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HU
Received 7 Aug 2018LANESIDE FARM, SKELSMERGH
Received 28 Aug 2001EWEDALE FARM, PENNINGTON
Received 16 Jan 2006RED LION COTTAGE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 23 Sept 2004Garage site east of Castle Drive, off Parkside Road, adjacent to Oxenholme-Windermere Railway Line, KENDAL, LA9 7DU
Received 26 Feb 2019TIDES REACH, CANAL FOOT, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 4 Oct 200524 HIGHFIELD ROAD, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7JB
Received 1 Dec 2004Brownthwaite, Kearstwick, CARNFORTH, LA6 2ED
Received 23 May 2016THE BUILDINGS HALE GRANGE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 20 Aug 2001THE GLEBE FIELD, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Dec 200312 Harling Bank Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DJ
Received 3 Mar 20255 Vicars Hill, KENDAL, LA9 5DA
Received 5 Sept 2016PROPOSED BUNGALOW AT THE REAR OF THE CASTLE HOTEL, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AX
Received 15 Apr 2004NO.2, YARD 26, KIRKLAND, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5AD
Received 27 Jul 200517 HAWTHORN DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8WF
Received 24 Apr 2017LYNWOOD COTTAGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 10 Apr 2014GATEHOUSE COTTAGE, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL
Received 22 Dec 1997TARN FLAT PLANTATION, THIEFSIDE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 21 Sept 2005Land adjacent to Vale View, Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0RR
Received 24 Dec 2012Kaber Methodist Chapel (Disused) Kaber KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4EF
Received 8 Nov 2024ELLERTON GRANGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LF
Received 6 Dec 2022ASHLEA, SOULBY, CUMBRIA
Received 4 Mar 2005Records 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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