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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.
2,928 approved · 169 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Aidans R C Church Adswood Road Huyton Knowsley L36 7XR
Received Not published16 North Park Road Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 2AS
Received Not publishedMorrisons Petrol Filling Station Unit 16 Irlam Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RJ
Received Not publishedLand Adj To Swan Hotel Car Park Kingsway Huyton Knowsley L36 2PW
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To School Lane To Rear Of Peter Gilding And Co Ltd Caddick Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9HP
Received Not published21 Quernmore Walk Northwood Kirkby Knowsley L33 6UT
Received Not published19 Ormskirk Road Knowsley Village Knowsley L34 8HB
Received Not published79 Primrose Drive Huyton Knowsley L36 8DL
Received Not published4 Huyton Hall Crescent Huyton Knowsley L36 5RL
Received Not published17 Tavington Road Halewood Knowsley L26 6BA
Received Not publishedLand At Hale View Road Huyton Knowsley
Received Not publishedSite Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Cronton Knowsley L35 1QR
Received Not publishedThe Coachouse Gerrards Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 5QA
Received Not publishedLand North Of M62 Motorway Off Windy Arbor Road (Halsnead) Whiston Knowsley L35 1RB
Received Not published32 Medbourne Crescent Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L32 6QU
Received Not published14 Willis Lane Whiston Knowsley L35 3RU
Received Not published32 - 34 Capitol Trading Estate Kirkby Bank Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SY
Received Not published31 Gladstone Avenue Roby Knowsley L16 2LG
Received Not publishedLand At Civic Way Huyton Knowsley L36 9UX
Received Not publishedSovereign Industrial Park Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley
Received Not published8 Singleton Drive Knowsley Knowsley L34 0HP
Received Not published30 St Johns Road Huyton Knowsley L36 0UU
Received Not publishedSt Brigids Catholic Primary School Waterpark Drive Stockbridge Village Knowsley L28 7RE
Received Not publishedEarlsfield Park Arley Drive Prescot Knowsley
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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