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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,782 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
SAWBRIDGE HALL, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PY
Received 14 Jun 2021Armistead Wind Farm, land to the east of Crosslands Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL
Received 15 Sept 2022CURWEN WOODS, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 30 Jan 1997Warth Sutton Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NU
Received 24 Apr 2017LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 28 Aug 2020The Moorings, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 22 Mar 2021GREEN HOW, SCHOOL ROAD, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 7 Dec 1999HOLLY HOWE, STATION ROAD, PENRUDDOCK, PENRITH, CA11 0RS
Received 25 Aug 2021Cooper House Selside KENDAL LA8 9LD
Received 30 Apr 20261st floor, The Old Library, 17 - 19 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 21 Apr 2022COTTLESLOE, GREYSTOKE GILL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 25 Oct 20237 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 21 Aug 2013Area surrounding Cross Beck Farm Soutergate Kirkby-in-furness LA17 7TX
Received 19 Dec 2025HIGH MURBER FARM, SLEAGILL, PENRITH
Received 19 May 1999GREEN VILLA, STORTH ROAD, STORTH
Received 22 Jul 1996Land adjacent to Comfort Cottage, Coast Road, Goadsbarrow, Ulverston, LA12 0RE
Received 4 Apr 20137 MIDFIELD MEWS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SE
Received 2 Oct 2017Sunnybank, 36 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HL
Received 5 Jun 2020LAND AT KIRKBY STEPHEN SEWAGE WORKS, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PL
Received 30 Oct 2015UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE, CUMBRIA CAMPUS AT NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AH
Received 20 Oct 20042 Queens Place, Kendal, LA9 4PJ
Received 9 Nov 2016HAYCLOSE BARN, HAYCLOSE LANE, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 0AG
Received 1 Jul 2013SYCAMORE HOUSE, ELLONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SJ
Received 20 Sept 2004LANSMERE, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 30 Apr 2003Records 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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