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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.
2,820 approved · 153 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wheathill Riding Centre Naylors Road Roby Knowsley L27 2YA
Received Not publishedKnowsley Village Hall School Lane Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9EN
Received Not publishedKnowsley Village Hall Car Park School Lane Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9EN
Received Not published13 Bryer Road Prescot Knowsley L35 5DN
Received Not published21 Ewanville Huyton Knowsley L36 5YS
Received Not published12 Central Avenue Prescot Knowsley L34 1NB
Received Not published14 Wallace Avenue Huyton Knowsley L36 1TW
Received Not published21 Lancaster Road Huyton Knowsley L36 1UP
Received Not publishedFormer Wheathill Riding Centre Naylors Road Roby Knowsley L27 2YA
Received Not publishedSchool House 111 Tithebarn Road Knowsley Knowsley L34 0JA
Received Not publishedHalewood Oaks / Plot 4 East Halewood Sustainable Urban Extension - Land To The West Of Everton Training Academy And East Of Halewood Leisure Centre, Bounded By Finch Lane And Baileys Lane.
Received Not published7 Longview Road Prescot Knowsley L35 8LN
Received Not publishedWhitegates Estate Agents 1 Tarbock Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5YB
Received Not publishedExisting Telecommunications Site At The Nursery Knowsley Hall, Knowsley Lane Prescot L34 7HE
Received Not published18 Cassino Road Huyton Knowsley L36 7UX
Received Not published2 Birkdale Close Roby Knowsley L36 4QW
Received Not published5 Knowsley Park Lane Prescot Knowsley L34 3NA
Received Not published4 Hawthorne Road Prescot Knowsley L34 2SZ
Received Not published33 Huyton Church Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5SH
Received Not published6 Balmoral Close Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 1ZH
Received Not published25 Thursby Crescent Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 8TT
Received Not publishedGrass Verge At Cartbridge Lane Opp. Hever Drive, Halewood Knowsley Halewood L26 6LS
Received Not published130 Longmeadow Road Knowsley Village Knowsley L34 0HT
Received Not published13 Deerbolt Crescent Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 2BE
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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