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.
2,613 approved · 144 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Halton Hey Whiston L35 3JP
Received Not published7 Fletcher Avenue Prescot L34 6LN
Received Not publishedWest Street Garage And Land At Junction Of Derby Street And Church Street West Street Prescot Knowsley L34 1LQ
Received Not publishedMulberry Waste Limited Stockpit Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby L33 7TQ
Received Not published42 Stanford Crescent Halewood L25 9PN
Received Not publishedThe Willows 2 Rupert Road Roby Knowsley L36 9TF
Received Not publishedNewpale Farm Whitefield Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QX
Received Not published12 Sycamore Avenue Halewood L26 9XE
Received Not published4 Willowherb Close Halewood L26 7XR
Received Not publishedPine Diy 10 Old Rough Lane Northwood Kirkby L33 8XB
Received Not published184 Kingsway Huyton Knowsley L36 2PS
Received Not published110 Bowring Park Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2LF
Received Not publishedPlot 2 - Land To North Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road Greensbridge Lane And Ditton Brook Watercourse, Halewood; And Plot 4 - Land To South Of Railway Line Bounded By Finch Lane, Baileys Lane And Higher Road, Halewood
Received Not published21 Harrison Hey Huyton L36 5YR
Received Not published17 Lancaster Avenue Whiston L35 3QS
Received Not published164 Lyme Cross Road Huyton L36 8HB
Received Not published22 Beldale Park Kirkby Park Kirkby L32 2DE
Received Not published4 Egerton Road Prescot L34 3LT
Received Not published24 Bridle Way Tower Hill Kirkby L33 4FE
Received Not published5 Blacksmith Place Halewood L25 9LS
Received Not published102 Seel Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6DJ
Received Not published58-62 Bright House Derby Road Huyton L36 9UL
Received Not publishedOld Wood North Woodend Whiston Knowsley L35 3PY
Received Not published3 Sanbec Gardens Cronton WA8 5GY
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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