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.
2,591 approved · 143 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Milton Avenue Whiston L35 2XY
Received Not published16 Emelia Drive Prescot L34 1AX
Received Not published75 Beechwood Avenue Halewood L26 1XA
Received Not published23 Headingley Close Roby L36 4QA
Received Not publishedLand At Junction Of Lickers Lane And Sherwood Drive Whiston Knowsley L35 3XZ
Received Not published45 Wimborne Place Huyton Knowsley L14 8AA
Received Not publishedKirkby Golf Course Ingoe Lane Field Lane Estate Knowsley L32 4SS
Received Not publishedLand At Coppice Lane, Between Cronton Road And M62 Motorway Sliproad (Junction 6), Tarbock L35 1QY
Received Not published194 Warrington Road Prescot L35 2UA
Received Not published186 Mackets Lane Halewood L25 8TQ
Received Not publishedPavement At The Junction Of Reeds Road And Bakers Green Road, Huyton, Knowsley
Received Not published23 Marlborough Road Prescot Knowsley L34 6LE
Received Not published2 Pitsmead Road Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 9QN
Received Not publishedPrescot Town Hall 1 Warrington Road Prescot L34 5QX
Received Not published35 Larch Road Roby Knowsley L36 9TY
Received Not publishedRSPCA Higher Road Halewood L26 9TX
Received Not publishedFarmers Arms Moorfield Tower Hill Kirkby L33 1XD
Received Not published102 Sugar Lane Knowsley Knowsley L34 0ES
Received Not publishedLand At Former Contract Chemicals Ltd Site Penrhyn Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HY
Received Not publishedUnit 3 Alchemy Way Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7XN
Received Not published345 Cronton Road Cronton WA8 5QD
Received Not published5 Carlis Road Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 6QS
Received Not published129 Dragon Lane Whiston L35 2UE
Received Not published64 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QL
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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