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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORMER BARN MOOR END, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Feb 2002HAUSE FARM BARN, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3RA
Received 25 May 2017MOORLAND SERVICE STATION, SCHOOL ROAD, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 1 Feb 1991EAST END OF FOLLY LANE, ADJACENT CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 2 Dec 2004STONEYGARTH, LITTLE ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QE
Received 5 Nov 2004LAMBSGATE FARM, ALSTON
Received 25 Nov 2002LOWIN COTTAGE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NZ
Received 6 Jul 2016FORMER CHURCH INSTITUTE/JOINERS WORKSHOP REAR OF LUNEDALE B, KENDAL ROAD, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 10 Jun 1998LANSMERE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3ED
Received 18 Sept 2012KEASDALE COTTAGE, CARR BANK ROAD, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LB
Received 4 Sept 200318 Lawrence Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BJ
Received 2 Mar 202182 RUSLAND PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 22 May 20035 Friary Park APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XD
Received 4 Jan 20241 VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8HR
Received 2 Jun 2021HARTSIDE LIGHTBITE, GLOBE HOUSE, GLOBE LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3QL
Received 12 Sept 2006LAND AT EAST SIDE REDMAYNE ROAD BACKING ONTO 16, NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 Mar 1997CROFT END, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Mar 1991LOW FARM, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JR
Received 7 Dec 2011PENNINE VIEW, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 7 Mar 2022FIELD NO. 1734, N.W. OF FLUSCO LODGE QUARRY, FLUSCO, PENRITH
Received 19 Sept 2006THE MEETING HOUSE, QUAKERS LANE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JR
Received 11 May 2021The Eddington Kendal Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 6 Mar 2026ROSSIDE NOOK, ROSSIDE, NR ULVERSTON
Received 12 Nov 2004FELLSIDE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 20 Mar 2012Records 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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