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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.
2,782 approved · 153 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mersey Pallets Co Kirkby Bank Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SY
Received Not published19 Ormskirk Road Knowsley Village Knowsley L34 8HB
Received Not publishedKnowsley Central Primary Support Centre Mossbrow Road Huyton Knowsley L36 7SY
Received Not published47 Lawton Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HL
Received Not publishedCables Retail Park Steley Way Prescot Knowsley L34 5NQ
Received Not published2 Dumbreeze Grove Knowsley L34 8HW
Received Not publishedThingwall Hall Thingwall Lane Roby Knowsley L14 7NZ
Received Not publishedSt Michaels Church Blue Bell Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 7SA
Received Not publishedLand Between 10 - 14 South Park Road Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley
Received Not published108 Higher Road Halewood Knowsley L26 1TH
Received Not publishedCoach Road Farm Cut Lane Kirkby Knowsley L33 3AJ
Received Not publishedDales Bar Okell Drive Halewood Knowsley
Received Not published9 Lognor Road Westvale Kirkby Knowsley L32 0SX
Received Not published31 Briar Drive Roby Knowsley L36 9XG
Received Not published9 Earle Avenue Roby Knowsley L36 4JP
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent And To The Rear Of No. 1-3 Lakeside View, Lower Road Halewood L26 2XA
Received Not published23 Briar Drive Roby Knowsley L36 9XG
Received Not publishedPlots 2-6 Earlsfield Park Land At Knowsley Lane Huyton Knowsley L34 4AH
Received Not publishedLand At Greenwood Close, Cross Lane And At Former Watch Factory Site, Off Bookbinders Lane Prescot Knowsley
Received Not published15 Jeffereys Crescent Roby Knowsley L36 4JR
Received Not publishedThe Sovereign Distillery, Halewood Wines And Spirits - Factory Outlet Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6AD
Received Not published28 Corwen Crescent Roby Knowsley L14 6TB
Received Not publishedSt Mary And St Pauls C Of E Primary School Bryer Road Prescot Knowsley L35 5DN
Received Not publishedJubilee Park Dinas Lane Roby Knowsley L36 2NW
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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