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.
2,489 approved · 139 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Church Road Roby L36 9TL
Received Not published17 Teynham Avenue Knowsley L34 0JQ
Received Not published97 Rimmer Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2NF
Received Not publishedKirkby Telephone Exchange Moorgate Road Southdene Kirkby L33 7XH
Received Not published58 Thistley Hey Road Southdene Kirkby L32 8UJ
Received Not published10 Whinberry Drive Southdene Kirkby L32 9BA
Received Not published15 Grays Avenue Prescot L35 7LH
Received Not published7 Wren Grove Halewood L26 7WU
Received Not published6 The Crescent Whiston L35 2XF
Received Not published69 Riesling Drive Tower Hill Kirkby L33 1SQ
Received Not published70 Alscot Avenue Field Lane Estate L10 0AL
Received Not published31 Partridge Road Kirkby Park Kirkby L32 2DJ
Received Not published26 Acornfield Close Kirkby Knowsley L33 7YA
Received Not published3 Bridgewater Way Huyton Knowsley L36 0YF
Received Not published15 Padstow Close Halewood L26 7YZ
Received Not published39 Dam House Crescent Roby Knowsley L36 9WD
Received Not published8 Sandown Avenue Roby Knowsley L14 7AS
Received Not published124 Dinas Lane Roby Knowsley L36 2NT
Received Not published20 Rydal Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5UX
Received Not published83 Reva Road Roby L14 6UA
Received Not published49 Pinnington Road Whiston Knowsley L35 3TY
Received Not publishedFirscraig, Mosscraig And Whincraig Apartment Blocks Little Moss Hey Stockbridge Village Knowsley L28 5RT
Received Not publishedDenecliff & Merecliff Apartment Blocks Pool Hey Stockbridge Village Knowsley L28 5RE
Received Not published76 Oxford Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 0TW
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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