Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Mar 2024 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Brookside Road Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4BG
Received 22 Mar 2024Waterloo House Hopes Carr Stockport SK1 3BL
Received 24 May 2024134 Castle Street Edgeley Stockport SK3 9JH
Received 5 Aug 2025Land South Of Chester Road Woodford Stockport SK7 1PR
Received 8 Sept 2025B A S F Plc Stanley Green Business Park Earl Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 6PT
Received 9 Sept 2025111 Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3TH
Received 17 Sept 202528 Goyt Crescent Bredbury Stockport SK6 2LN
Received 12 Dec 202513-15 Great Underbank Stockport SK1 1LF
Received 7 Jan 202613-15 Great Underbank Stockport SK1 1LF
Received 7 Jan 2026Colourtone House Horton Street Heaviley Stockport SK1 3LR
Received 20 Mar 2026Land At Windlehurst Road High Lane Stockport SK6 8AG
Received 23 Mar 202631 Calderbrook Drive Cheadle Stockport SK8 5RT
Received 30 Mar 2026264 Stockport Road Cheadle Heath Stockport SK3 0RG
Received 31 Mar 202614 Aysgarth Avenue Romiley Stockport SK6 4PX
Received 1 Apr 202611 Shaftesbury Avenue Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7DB
Received 6 Apr 2026358-362 Wellington Road North Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 4QP
Received 13 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To 34 Church Lane Woodford Stockport SK7 1RQ
Received 9 Apr 202642 Mill Brow Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5LW
Received 21 Apr 202665 Shaw Heath Cale Green Stockport SK3 8BP
Received 22 Apr 2026Land South West Of Shakespeare Road Bredbury Stockport
Received 23 Apr 202669 Clarendon Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4NS
Received 1 May 2026180 London Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4DH
Received 11 May 202614 Hyldavale Avenue Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4DE
Received 18 May 2026103 The Crescent Davenport Stockport SK3 8SP
Received 18 May 2026Records 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 Stockport 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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