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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,777 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND TO THE NORTH OF FRIARY COTTAGE, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY
Received 10 Oct 1996Car Park, Cartmel Park, Cartmel Racecourse, Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 16 Apr 2018Land North of Cherry Trees Hewer Hill Hesket Newmarket WIGTON CA7 8HZ
Received 20 Aug 2024DOCKRAY HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 11 May 2001CRANSTONS, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EH
Received 3 Mar 2015WHITE COTTAGE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PF
Received 17 Oct 20179A ROODS DRIVE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EH
Received 26 Apr 201616 HARLING BANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DJ
Received 4 Sept 2006BANK WOOD, BRACKENBER, APPLEBY, CA16 6LP
Received 13 Sept 2023FLAT 3 WELLHEAD, FOUNTAIN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 22 Apr 200566 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AJ
Received 9 Dec 2021PHEASANT BUSH COTTAGE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 11 Feb 2004THREE CROWNS HOUSE, BLUEBELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7LH
Received 9 Dec 2016LAITHE COTTAGE, EWEDALE FARM, PENNINGTON
Received 15 Feb 2002Kents Bank GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 23 Jul 2025FORMER VIBROPLANT BUILDING, MINTSFEET, ROAD NORTH, KENDAL
Received 16 Jun 1999ROW END FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PE
Received 9 Sept 2019THE SURGERY, ST ANDREWS VIEW, PENRITH, CA11 7YH
Received 23 Feb 2015LAND BETWEEN SOULBY ROAD AND, KIRKBY STEPHEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Apr 2004BUCKLES FARM, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 12 May 1999KENDAL MILLENNIUM PLAYING FIELDS, KENDAL MILLENNIUM PLAYING FIELDS, MINTSFEET IND ESTATE, KENDAL, LA9 6LU
Received 17 Mar 2005ORTON C OF E SCHOOL, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 28 Nov 1996Kentdale Land Rover, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 11 Jul 2016Stramongate Primary School Blackhall Road KENDAL LA9 4BT
Received 14 Oct 2025Records 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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