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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.
2,580 approved · 143 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6, 8 & 10 Station Road & Land To Rear Of Station Road Carpark Prescot L34 5SW
Received Not published18 Purbeck Road Tower Hill Kirkby L33 2AE
Received Not publishedLand Adj 99 Rupert Road (Bellway Homes Site) Roby Knowsley
Received Not publishedOpposite Yew Tree Farm, Lower Road. Halewood, Knowsley
Received Not publishedMorrisons Unit 1 Telegraph Way Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8US
Received Not publishedPavement Fronting The Shopping Parade On Sugar Lane, Knowsley, L34 0ER
Received Not publishedPlot 1 - Land To North Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road, Greensbridge Lane And Ditton Brook Watercourse, Halewood; And Plot 3 - Land To South Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road, Finch Lane And Baileys Lane, Halewood
Received Not published31 School Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 6BW
Received Not publishedClub 3000 Bingo Huyton Poplar Bank Huyton Knowsley L36 9US
Received Not published6 Willaston Drive Halewood L26 9YN
Received Not published1 Park Road Prescot L34 3LN
Received Not published144 Rupert Road Roby L36 9TH
Received Not publishedHardwood Sales Ellis Ashton Street Huyton L36 6BN
Received Not published3 Rockingham Court Northwood Kirkby Knowsley L33 8YN
Received Not published7 Sandfield Crescent Whiston L35 7HJ
Received Not published2 Roscoe Close Huyton Knowsley L35 1RN
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Existing Watch Factory Building Bookbinders Lane Prescot Liverpool Knowsley L34 2TJ
Received Not publishedThe Cottage Greensbridge Lane Tarbock Green L35 1QH
Received Not published118 Blue Bell Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 7TW
Received Not published8 Huyton Church Road Huyton L36 5SJ
Received Not published84 Whitefield Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QX
Received Not published52 Field Lane Field Lane Estate L10 0AG
Received Not published39 Longborough Road Knowsley L34 0ED
Received Not published6 Chapel Lane Cronton WA8 4NU
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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