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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.
2,656 approved · 147 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Lawton Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HW
Received Not published224 Higher Road Halewood Knowsley L26 9UE
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 published47 Twig Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 2LE
Received Not published7 Elwyn Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 0UU
Received Not publishedTarbock Hall Lodge Ox Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QA
Received Not publishedLand To The South West Of The Junction Of Carr Lane And Prescot Park Way, Prescot
Received Not published27 Ambleside Drive Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 2EE
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Prescot Road (North Of Red House Farm And South Of Cronton Road), WA8 5PS
Received Not publishedGeorgesons 42 Randles Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley Knowsley L34 9HX
Received Not publishedGeorgesons 42 Randles Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley Knowsley L34 9HX
Received Not publishedLand At North Perimeter Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley
Received Not published36 Greystone Road Roby Knowsley L14 6UG
Received Not published57 Elworthy Avenue Halewood Knowsley L26 7AA
Received Not publishedBuilding 82 (Site 4) Image Business Park Acornfield Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7UF
Received Not published82 Seel Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6DJ
Received Not publishedUnit 1 Stretton Way Huyton Knowsley L36 6JF
Received Not publishedPine Precision Engineering Limited 10 Stretton Way Huyton Knowsley L36 6JF
Received Not publishedWhiston Hospital Dragon Lane Whiston Knowsley L35 5DR
Received Not published5 Millbrook Drive Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 1TE
Received Not publishedWater Lane Farm Water Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1RD
Received Not published21 Market Place Prescot Knowsley L34 5SB
Received Not publishedDams Warehouse Charley Wood Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SG
Received Not published106 Tithebarn Road Knowsley Knowsley L34 0HB
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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