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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,828 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORMER GREENACRES FILLING STATION, A66, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 8 Mar 19999A, ANGEL LANE, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 2003HAGG HILL TOP, HILL TOP, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AE
Received 5 Mar 20121 Oxlands, Station Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RG
Received 28 May 2019THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, BARCLAYS BANK, CHAMBERS, COUNTY SQUARE, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Jun 1997MEADOWLAND CARAVAN PARK, MEADOW LANE,, ROOSEBECK, COAST ROAD
Received 12 Oct 200025, CORNMARKET, PENRITH
Received 10 Feb 1997PLAYMATES CHILDCARE, CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE, KENDAL
Received 8 May 20032 Brookvale, Swarthmoor, Ulverston, LA12 0XE
Received 24 Sept 2014PLOT 16, PRIORY GRANGE DRAWBRIGGS LANE, APPLEBY
Received 11 Aug 1998LAKELAND LEISURE PARK, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 16 Jul 2013COLBY HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UB
Received 26 Mar 2013Board & Elbow 11 Cornmarket PENRITH CA11 7DA
Received 8 Aug 2024Cowran Farm, Pennington, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0JW
Received 8 Mar 2016Snooty Fox 33 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AH
Received 28 Feb 2020LOW FAULD FARM, RUCKCROFT, CARLISLE, CA4 9QS
Received 16 Jan 2004LAND TO THE NORTH EAST OF MOTHERBY, MOTHERBY, PENRITH
Received 20 May 2021BURTON OLD HALL, TANPITS LANE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 22 Mar 199113 THE CROFT, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PH
Received 30 Apr 2018PLOT 7 LUND FARM, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Sept 2005GREYHOUND INN CAR PARK, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XJ
Received 5 Jun 2003THREE CROWNS HOUSE, BLUEBELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7LH
Received 27 Oct 2015HARGREAVES GARAGE, MINTSFEET ROAD, MINTSFEET INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL
Received 13 Jul 200141 High Garth, KENDAL, LA9 5NR
Received 19 Mar 2018Records 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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