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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.
2,757 approved · 152 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At The Junction Of Park Brow Drive & Bullens Road, Southdene, Kirkby, Knowsley, L32 8UA
Received Not publishedPavement Between Gillmoss Place & Roughwood Drive, Northwood, Kirkby, Knowsley, L32 1BY
Received Not publishedLand At The Junction Of Leathers Lane & Hornbeam Road, Halewood, Knowsley, L26 9TB
Received Not published8 Lingfield Close Roby Knowsley L36 4QH
Received Not publishedCounty Road (Just South Of Junction With St Kevins Drive), Northwood, Kirkby, Knowsley L32 1AB
Received Not publishedPavement At The Junction Of Manor Farm Road And Meadow Drive, Huyton, Knowsley L36 0SG
Received Not publishedLand Near To Junction Of Alchemy Way & East Lancashire Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Kirkby, Knowsley, L33 7XN
Received Not publishedGrass Verge Between Okell Drive & St Ives Way, Halewood, Knowsley, L26 7YW
Received Not published15 Ewanville Huyton Knowsley L36 5YS
Received Not published3 Rectory Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 6LJ
Received Not published26 Baileys Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 0XD
Received Not published60 Roby Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HF
Received Not publishedLand At Coopers Lane Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7TT
Received Not publishedMundoxpress Farmers Arms Moorfield Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 1XD
Received Not published20 Grosvenor Road Prescot Knowsley L34 6HZ
Received Not publishedLand At Netherley Road Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QE
Received Not published9 Camborne Avenue Halewood Knowsley L25 9PG
Received Not publishedAdlib House Kitling Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9JS
Received Not published11 St Aidans Grove Huyton Knowsley L36 8JE
Received Not published52 Manorwood Drive Whiston Knowsley L35 3UH
Received Not publishedM Rays Bakery Ltd 39 - 45 High Street Prescot Knowsley L34 6HF
Received Not publishedAbrigo 840 Moor Lane Field Lane Estate Knowsley L10 0AP
Received Not published34 Sinclair Avenue Prescot Knowsley L35 7LN
Received Not publishedGrass Verge Near To Junction Of Cartbridge Lane & Hever Drive, Halewood, Knowsley, L26 4XG
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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