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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.
2,918 approved · 167 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherry Tree Farm Foxs Bank Lane Whiston Knowsley L35 3SS
Received Not published14 South Avenue Prescot Knowsley L34 1LY
Received Not publishedPrecision Pneumatics - Unit B Villiers Court Villiers Road Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9ET
Received Not publishedTray Ash Farm Barn Ash Lane Tarbock Green Knowsley WA8 8JS
Received Not published16 Court Hey Avenue Roby Knowsley L36 4JB
Received Not publishedSterling Inks UK Woodend Netherley Road Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QE
Received Not published1A Roby Mount Avenue Roby Knowsley L36 4HP
Received Not publishedWendys 8 Academy Business Park Lees Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley L33 7SS
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To St Dominics R C Church Southdean Road Huyton Knowsley
Received Not published2 Blackberry Grove Halewood Knowsley L26 7XQ
Received Not publishedNursery Cottage Knowsley Lane Knowsley L34 4AE
Received Not publishedDeacon Park Moorgate Road Southdene Kirkby Knowsley L33 7RX
Received Not publishedLand South Of Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not published1 Darwick Drive Huyton Knowsley L36 0SP
Received Not publishedHuyton Farm Green Green Way Huyton Knowsley L36 2LZ
Received Not publishedWoodend, Sterling Inks Uk Netherley Road Tarbock Green Knowsley L35 1QE
Received Not published2 The Old Rectory Rectory Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 6LJ
Received Not publishedLand At Marl Road Knowsley Industrial Park Kirkby Knowsley
Received Not published157 Sugar Lane Knowsley Knowsley L34 0EW
Received Not publishedHalewood Wines And Spirits Factory Outlet The Sovereign Distillery Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6AD
Received Not published68 Millbrook Drive Kirkby Park Kirkby Knowsley L32 1TH
Received Not published44 Smithford Walk Huyton Knowsley L35 1SF
Received Not publishedPilkington Court Sinclair Way Prescot Business Park Prescot Knowsley L34 1QG
Received Not publishedSovereign Industrial Park Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6AD
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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