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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2,782 approved · 153 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Self Pick Veg 66 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QL
Received Not published65 Weaver Avenue Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4YZ
Received Not publishedThe Park Hall Huyton Hey Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5SE
Received Not publishedThe Park Hall Huyton Hey Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5SE
Received Not published22 Cypress Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5UW
Received Not published69 Oakwood Road Halewood Knowsley L26 1XD
Received Not published28 Grassington Crescent Halewood Knowsley L25 9RU
Received Not published10 Mallow Way Huyton Knowsley L36 0XW
Received Not published59 Bowring Park Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2NH
Received Not published89 Oak Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5XZ
Received Not published11 Evercroft Road Roby Knowsley L14 7AF
Received Not publishedJaguar Plant North Road Halewood Knowsley L24 9LE
Received Not publishedSt Andrew The Apostle Catholic Primary School Higher Road Halewood Knowsley L26 1TD
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not publishedTray Ash Farm Ash Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley WA8 8JS
Received Not published26 Tavington Road Halewood Knowsley L26 6BA
Received Not publishedOld Rough Park Old Rough Lane Northwood Kirkby Knowsley L33 8XE
Received Not published16-20 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley L34 5QE
Received Not publishedPlot 3 - Land To South Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road, Finch Lane And Baileys Lane, Halewood
Received Not publishedBowring Court Roby Road Roby Knowsley L14 3NU
Received Not publishedKing George V Playing Field Wood Lane Prescot Knowsley L34 1LU
Received Not publishedLand South Of Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not published1 Redoaks Way Halewood Knowsley L26 6BN
Received Not publishedKnowsley House Charley Wood Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SG
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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