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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.
2,944 approved · 169 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Elwyn Drive Halewood Knowsley L26 0UU
Received Not publishedHarrison Collier 4 - 5 Ropers Court Sinclair Way Prescot Business Park Prescot Knowsley L34 1QN
Received Not published7 Duncote Close Prescot Knowsley L35 7LY
Received Not publishedLand South Of Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not published24 Baileys Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 0XD
Received Not published87 Camberley Drive Halewood Knowsley L25 9PT
Received Not published2 Kingfisher Close Tower Hill Kirkby Knowsley L33 4DP
Received Not publishedFormer Site Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Halsnead Garden Village Knowsley L35 1QR
Received Not published30 Mercer Avenue Westvale Kirkby Knowsley L32 4TX
Received Not publishedFormer Site Of Cronton Colliery Cronton Road Halsnead Garden Village Knowsley L35 1QR
Received Not publishedWhitakers Garden Centre Liverpool Road Prescot Knowsley
Received Not published47 Higher Road Halewood Knowsley L26 1TA
Received Not published45 Barncroft Road Halewood Knowsley L26 9TN
Received Not publishedAldi Coppice Lane Huyton Knowsley L35 1QT
Received Not publishedSovereign Industrial Park Wilson Road Huyton Knowsley L36 6AD
Received Not publishedWhite House Farm Prescot Road Cronton Knowsley WA8 5PS
Received Not published19 Swanside Avenue Roby Knowsley L14 7NP
Received Not publishedSt Agnes Parish Club 82 Huyton Hey Road Huyton Knowsley L36 5SR
Received Not published12 The Halewood Shopping Centre Leathers Lane Halewood Knowsley L26 0AD
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 34 Church Road Roby Knowsley L36 9TP
Received Not published68 Nelson Avenue Whiston Knowsley L35 3PQ
Received Not published55 Easton Road Roby Knowsley L36 4NY
Received Not publishedLand South Of Cherryfield Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley
Received Not publishedLand Between Railway Line And Fern Close, Roughwood Drive And Bramcote Road, Kirkby
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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