Building and planning

Planning permission seeks to guide the way our towns, cities and countryside develop. This includes the use of land & buildings, the appearance of buildings, landscaping considerations, highway access and the impact that the development will have on the general environment. Planning permission.

Knowsley Council's Public Access system allows members of the public to search for and view past and present Planning Applications and their decisions. View a planning application.

Building regulations set standards for the design and construction of buildings for health and safety purposes, energy conservation and access to and about buildings.
Apply for building regulation approval.
Apply to demolish a building
Reporting a dangerous structure
Arrange an inspection
Building Regulation FAQ's

Find out about how Knowsley's heritage is protected. 
Conservation Areas
Listed Buildings
Grant Aid and Prescot Townscape Heritage Initiative
Heritage Statements
Design and Access Statements

Information on Tree Preservation Orders (TPO’s), Trees within Conservation Areas, High Hedges and reporting a dangerous tree can be viewed here.

Guidance on applications to undertake felling or any form of pruning to any protected tree can be found here.

Planning enforcement deal with cases where development has been carried out without the relevant permission, unauthorised advertisements, unauthorised works to protected trees, non-compliance with conditions attached to planning approvals, unauthorised changes of use of land or buildings and untidy land or buildings which are adversely affecting the amenity of an area.

Section 106 Agreements are legal agreements between Local Authorities and developers; these are linked to planning permissions and can also be known as planning obligations.

Register street name or house number

Perform a Local Authority Land / Property Search

Public Register

A number of residents have contacted the council recently to ask if there are any plans for shale gas to be extracted – via ‘fracking’ or other methods – from beneath Knowsley. Gas extraction in Knowsley.

Contact details for the different teams within Knowsley's Planning Service. Contact Knowsley Council Building and Planning for planning services in Knowsley, planning permission and Knowsley planning applications.

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