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.
2,572 approved · 143 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barclays Bank Plc St Chads Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RA
Received Not published7 Guillemot Way Halewood Knowsley L26 7WG
Received Not publishedSunneyside Cottage Greensbridge Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QD
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 14 Randles Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HX
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not published62 Greystone Road Roby L14 6UG
Received Not published23 Marlborough Road Prescot Knowsley L34 6LE
Received Not published8 Sedum Grove Tower Hill Kirkby L33 1SX
Received Not publishedPrescot Park Development, Prescot, Knowsley, L34 1BA (Stadt Moers Park Removed From This App)
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 50 Malvern Avenue Roby L14 6TS
Received Not published7 Maypole Farm Court Knowsley Knowsley L34 9BD
Received Not published46 Swanside Road Roby L14 7NN
Received Not published61 Tithebarn Road Knowsley L34 0EU
Received Not published18 Evington Drive Roby L14 7AA
Received Not published41 Mercer Avenue Westvale Kirkby L32 4UU
Received Not published1 Acorn Business Centre Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby L33 7SL
Received Not publishedFernbank 22 Archway Road Huyton L36 9XB
Received Not published14 Poplar Close Halewood L26 6BP
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not publishedEccleston House Aspinall Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QQ
Received Not published46 Chiltern Drive Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 2BW
Received Not published6 Derby Street (Carpark Opposite) Prescot L34 3LG
Received Not publishedGrass Verge Opposite The Pigeon House Whitefield Drive Westvale Kirkby Knowsley
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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