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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,708 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Conishead Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DQ
Received 6 Sept 2021T JUNCTION 40, ULLSWATER ROAD PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 27 Apr 199852 KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL
Received 7 May 2003CARTMEL OLD GRAMMAR, CARTMEL
Received 29 May 2001FAR HILL TOP FARM, BLAGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3NB
Received 1 Dec 200351 Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BX
Received 7 Nov 2019CROFT HOUSE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 4 Jul 2018CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LTD, , CUMBRIAN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XN
Received 22 Feb 2016CHAMLEY ARMS, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 26 Sept 20113 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 20 Apr 2018GARDINER BANK (FLATS 1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19), CAROLINE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4SL
Received 19 Jul 200620 Meathop Grange, Meathop, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6RB
Received 22 Mar 201830 CHESTNUT CLOSE, HOLME, LA6 1RX
Received 25 Sept 200649 Boroughgate APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XG
Received 30 Apr 2024KEISLEY FARM, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NF
Received 17 Feb 2023Land at Harlock Farm, Pennington, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7SA
Received 13 Jul 2015BALE HILL WOOD EAST OF MELMERBY, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 21 Jan 2021Braddylls Arms Main Street, Bardsea, Cumbria, LA12 9SR
Received 30 Mar 20151 CROSS FELL VIEW, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA101LW
Received 4 Aug 200333 HOLME RIGGS AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NL
Received 4 Apr 2018LOW AUDLANDS, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HU
Received 14 May 2013LAUREL BANK, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 27 Feb 20182 NORTH BARN, THE HILL, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 27 Mar 2014Bargain Booze, 29-33, New Market Street, Ulverston, LA12 7LQ
Received 23 Oct 2014Records 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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