Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 430 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 3% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 54 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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21 August 2026 · Approved
Car Park St Chads Drive Kirkby Town Centre Knowsley L32 8RE · 26/00314/FUL
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7 August 2026 · Approved
Plot 1 - Land To North Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road, Greensbridge Lane And Ditton Brook Watercourse, Halewood; And Plot 3 - Land To South Of Railway Line Bounded By Lower Road, Finch Lane And Baileys Lane, Halewood · 25/00415/REM
Figures for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 430 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 3%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 54 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 19 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | Too few appeals |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 70plan adopted 2016 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.