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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,488 approved · 139 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hertford Close Halewood L26 1XY
Received Not published41 Willoughby Road Roby L14 6XA
Received Not publishedKFC Restaurant Irlam Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not published20- 22 Archway Road Huyton L36 9XB
Received Not published16 Winterley Drive Halewood L26 9YH
Received Not published52 Archway Road Huyton L36 9XE
Received Not publishedNorthwood Community Primary School Roughwood Drive Northwood Kirkby L33 8XD
Received Not published6 Bede Close Tower Hill Kirkby L33 4EN
Received Not published31 Melling Way Kirkby Park Kirkby L32 1TN
Received Not publishedDragon House Farm 370A Cronton Road Cronton WA8 5QD
Received Not published60 Penda Drive Tower Hill Kirkby L33 4ET
Received Not published80 Lyme Cross Road Huyton L36 8HA
Received Not published16 Evington Drive Roby L14 7AA
Received Not published48 Horseshoe Drive Field Lane Estate L10 4UF
Received Not publishedLiverpool Football Club Training Ground Simonswood Lane Northwood Kirkby Knowsley L33 5XB
Received Not published11 Waverley Drive Huyton L34 1PU
Received Not publishedThe Bungalow 27 Blacklow Brow Huyton L36 5XE
Received Not published2 Ramsey Close Whiston L35 3UA
Received Not published35 Court Hey Drive Roby L16 2NB
Received Not published27 Ormskirk Road Knowsley Village Knowsley L34 8HB
Received Not publishedFox's Bank, Halsnead Garden Village, Land West Of Fox's Bank Lane And North Of M62, Whiston, Knowsley, L35 3SS
Received Not publishedFox's Bank, Halsnead Garden Village, Land West Of Fox's Bank Lane And North Of M62, Whiston, Knowsley, L35 3SS
Received Not published24 Lawton Road Roby L36 4HW
Received Not publishedLand At Junction Of County Road/Hall Lane And To Rear Of St Chads Parade Together With Land At Cherryfield Crescent/Adrians Way/Eagles Court & Spicer Grove, Kirkby
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough 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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