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.
2,753 approved · 152 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Symmetry Logistics Park Merseyside Colliery Way Cronton Knowsley L35 3AA
Received Not publishedLakeside Naylors Road Roby Knowsley L27 2YA
Received Not publishedLand Adj 2 Roseheath Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 9UH
Received Not published19 Evington Drive Roby Knowsley L14 7AA
Received Not published22 Millbrook Crescent Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 1TJ
Received Not publishedSt John Fisher Catholic Primary School Tithebarn Road Knowsley Knowsley L34 0HA
Received Not published18 Saltash Close Halewood Knowsley L26 7YD
Received Not published1 Turnberry Close Roby Knowsley L36 4QQ
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not published49 Fairfield Avenue Roby Knowsley L36 4JE
Received Not published25 Alder Crescent Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 0SB
Received Not published12 Bradfield Road Roby Knowsley L14 7AQ
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not publishedCoach Road Farm Cut Lane Kirkby Knowsley L33 3AJ
Received Not published4 Yew Tree Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5UQ
Received Not publishedJaguar Land Rover South Road Halewood Knowsley
Received Not published6 Sandfield Roby Knowsley L36 9XR
Received Not publishedGetrag Ford South Road Halewood Knowsley
Received Not published125 Tarbock Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5TE
Received Not publishedSite Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Cronton Knowsley L35 1QR
Received Not published50 Roby Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HF
Received Not publishedGrass Verge Opposite Entrance To Venus 110 Hornhouse Lane, Knowsley Industrial Park, Kirkby, Knowsley, L33 7RR
Received Not publishedPavement Adjacent To 10 Torrington Drive, Halewood, Knowsley, L26 1TP
Received Not publishedPavement Near To The Junction Of Waterpark Drive And Leach Croft, Stockbridge Village, Knowsley, L28 1NN
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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