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.
2,850 approved · 154 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knowsley Cemetery Foxs Bank Lane Whiston Knowsley L35 3SS
Received Not published12 Briar Drive Roby Knowsley L36 9XQ
Received Not publishedHuyton Resource Centre Tarbock Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5XW
Received Not published20 Whiston Lane Huyton Knowsley L36 1TY
Received Not published78 Hall Lane Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4YT
Received Not publishedAcademy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SA
Received Not published35 Brook Hey Drive Northwood Kirkby Knowsley L33 6UL
Received Not publishedPeter Gilding And Co Ltd Caddick Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HP
Received Not publishedLand To The North East Of The Junction Of Gale Road And Admin Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Kirkby, Knowsley
Received Not published21 Deva Close Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4DH
Received Not publishedFox's Bank, Halsnead Garden Village, Land West Of Fox's Bank Lane And North Of M62, Whiston, Knowsley, L35 3SS
Received Not publishedMoorfield Centre Moorfield Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley
Received Not publishedDerby Lodge Hotel Roby Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HD
Received Not publishedHill View Farm Cut Lane Kirkby Knowsley L33 3AJ
Received Not publishedDenbigh Pex Hill Cronton Knowsley WA8 5QN
Received Not published16 Helmsley Road Halewood Knowsley L26 0SY
Received Not published60 Church Road Roby Knowsley L36 9TR
Received Not published38 Howden Drive Roby Knowsley L36 4NU
Received Not published38 Jeffereys Drive Roby Knowsley L36 4NT
Received Not published63 Middleton Drive Prescot Knowsley L35 7AD
Received Not publishedDye House Liverpool Road Prescot Knowsley L34 3LX
Received Not publishedUnit 2 Symmetry Logistics Park Merseyside Colliery Way Cronton Knowsley L35 3AA
Received Not publishedDales Bar Okell Drive Halewood Knowsley
Received Not published35 Clough Road Halewood Knowsley L26 6BE
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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