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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.
2,640 approved · 146 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dye House Liverpool Road Prescot Knowsley L34 3LX
Received Not published38 Sycamore Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5TU
Received Not publishedKnowsley Community College Stockbridge Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 3SD
Received Not publishedPro Vapours 25 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QA
Received Not publishedLand At Greenwood Close, Cross Lane And At Former Watch Factory Site, Off Bookbinders Lane Prescot Knowsley
Received Not published22 Highfield Road Huyton Knowsley L36 3XR
Received Not published4 And 6 Haywood Road Stockbridge Village Knowsley L28 4EX
Received Not publishedJackson Gardens The Withens Stockbridge Village Knowsley
Received Not publishedManik Kingsway Prescot Knowsley L35 5BN
Received Not published110-112 Tops Pharmacy Dinas Lane Roby Knowsley L36 2NS
Received Not publishedVacant Land At Junction Of Moorgate Road/M57 Slip Road And School Lane; And Vacant Land At Junction Of Randles Road/Gellings Road And School Lane, Knowsley Business Park, Knowsley
Received Not published4-5 Ropers Court, Harrison Collier Sinclair Way Prescot Business Park Prescot Knowsley L34 1QN
Received Not publishedHigh Carrs Lodge Roby Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HD
Received Not published6 Knowsley Park Lane Prescot Knowsley L34 3NB
Received Not published45 Abberley Road Halewood Knowsley L25 9QX
Received Not published143 Jeffereys Crescent Roby Knowsley L36 4JS
Received Not published3 Holly Bank Avenue Roby Knowsley L14 7AG
Received Not published6 Catkin Road Halewood Knowsley L26 7XJ
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To No. 2 Roseheath Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 9UG
Received Not published4 Dumbreeze Grove Knowsley Knowsley L34 8HW
Received Not published60 Balmoral Way Huyton Knowsley L34 1QD
Received Not published49 Wokingham Grove Huyton Knowsley L36 5YX
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Greenhill The Orchard Huyton Knowsley L36 5UZ
Received Not published42 Windy Arbor Road Whiston L35 3PB
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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