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.
2,564 approved · 143 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Marlborough Road Prescot Knowsley L34 6LE
Received Not published372 - 378 Cronton Road Cronton Knowsley WA8 5QD
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 published56 Twickenham Drive Roby Knowsley L36 4QG
Received Not published27 Rimmer Avenue Roby L16 2NE
Received Not published49 Thingwall Lane Roby L14 7NY
Received Not publishedAlbany Veterinary Surgery 26 Whiston Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 1TY
Received Not publishedCar Park At Windy Arbour Playing Fields, Windy Arbour Road, Whiston, Knowsley, L35 3PW
Received Not published17 Alberta Grove Huyton Knowsley L34 1PX
Received Not published116 Tarbock Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5TH
Received Not publishedWeston House Nursery North End Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 5QB
Received Not published102 Cumber Lane Whiston L35 2XS
Received Not publishedSovereign Works Kelly Street Prescot L34 5PG
Received Not published8 Tilstock Close Halewood Knowsley L26 6NA
Received Not publishedThe Mariners Inn Whitefield Drive Westvale Kirkby L32 0RE
Received Not published91 Warrington Road Prescot L34 5ST
Received Not publishedMc Donalds Restaurant Irlam Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RJ
Received Not published81 Middleton Drive Prescot L35 7AD
Received Not published30 Wallace Drive Huyton Knowsley L36 1TL
Received Not published90 Coronation Drive Prescot L35 5EU
Received Not publishedMunicipal Buildings Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre L32 5TD
Received Not publishedCoopers Farm Perimeter Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby L33 3AN
Received Not published44 Manley Road Huyton L36 0TL
Received Not published14 Meribel Square Aspinall Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5TH
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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