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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.
2,891 approved · 165 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Bowring Park Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2NH
Received Not publishedLiverpool Animal Centre Higher Road Halewood Knowsley
Received Not publishedPrescot Gospel Hall Evans Street Prescot Knowsley L34 6HU
Received Not published6 Singleton Drive Knowsley Knowsley L34 0HP
Received Not published4 Huyton Hall Crescent Huyton Knowsley L36 5RL
Received Not publishedHalewood Leisure Centre Baileys Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 0TY
Received Not published40 Eccleston Street Prescot Knowsley
Received Not published69 Attlee Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6BG
Received Not publishedLand South Of Lickers Lane, Windy Arbor Road, Halsnead Garden Village, Whiston
Received Not published2 Sheppard Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2LD
Received Not publishedMainbrace Whitefield Drive Westvale Kirkby Knowsley L32 0RE
Received Not publishedLand To The North East Of The Junction Of Gale Road And Admin Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Kirkby, Knowsley
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not publishedHope Primary School Lordens Road Huyton Knowsley L14 8UD
Received Not publishedContract Chemicals Ltd Penrhyn Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HY
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Lickers Lane, Halsnead Garden Village, Whiston, Knowsley
Received Not published1 - 2 Stretton Way, Whiston Liverpool L36 6JF
Received Not publishedInterchange Motorway Estate Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6JG
Received Not publishedWayside Pex Hill Cronton Knowsley WA8 5QN
Received Not published13 Calder Close Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4DA
Received Not published34 Birkin Road Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 6RW
Received Not published9 Calder Close Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4DA
Received Not published15 Station Road Roby Knowsley L36 4HU
Received Not publishedBarclays Bank Plc St Chads Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RA
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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