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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,935 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STATION ROAD GARAGE STATION ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TX
Received 10 Mar 2020Locations around Cartmel, Beckside, Cark-in-Cartmel, Allithwaite, Flookburgh & Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7SG, LA11 7SR, LA11 7SG, LA11 7SS, LA11 7SP, LA11 7SN, LA11 6QG, LA11 6HD, LA11 7NR, LA11 7QX, LA11 7QS, LA11 7RR, LA11 7RF, LA11 7RJ, LA11 7LZ & LA11 6SP
Received 21 Jul 2025ASBY GRANGE, GREAT ASBY
Received 25 May 200246A BRANTHWAITE BROW, KENDAL
Received 22 Jan 1990YEWTREE FARM, BARBON, LA6 2LL
Received 28 Aug 2012WELL COTTAGE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 1 Aug 201448 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 10 Nov 2004Land Adjacent 1 Leagate Tebay PENRITH CA10 3TZ
Received 13 Apr 2026BOWSCAR FARMHOUSE, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 23 May 20069 Parsonage Fold, The Old Dairy, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RJ
Received 15 Jun 2017Coat Green Farm Burton CARNFORTH LA6 1JG
Received 28 May 2024The Regent and Granary, Main Street, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6DY
Received 17 Feb 2016ST WILFREDS CHURCH, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 6 Feb 20232 HILL CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 5LW
Received 9 Sept 2004SITE AT TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 14 Feb 201836 COLLIN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5HN
Received 18 Nov 200441, CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 21 Jun 2001LAND AT STOUPHILL GATE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 6 Jul 2002Travis Perkins Builders Yard, Park Road, Sandside, Milnthorpe, LA7 7HW
Received 20 Jan 2016Temple Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 15 May 2023HALE MORE FARM, HALE
Received 19 Jun 2000WARCOP AFTC, WARCOP, APPLEBY
Received 16 Sept 1998LOW DOWGILL, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EX
Received 13 Mar 2015RIVINGTON, SILVERDALE ROAD, ARNSIDE
Received 23 Jul 1990Records 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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