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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Moseley Road Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 5HJ
Received 22 Sept 202611 Lyndene Gardens Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4NX
Received 18 May 202658 Tennyson Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 2AR
Received 18 May 202662 Lyndhurst Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5LT
Received 19 May 202648 Osborne Street Bredbury Stockport SK6 2BT
Received 20 May 2026Wood Bank Works Hesketh Street Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1TF
Received 21 May 202631 Highbury Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5AZ
Received 22 May 202620 Clifton Park Road Davenport Stockport SK2 6LA
Received 27 May 2026Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery Greek Street Stockport SK3 8AB
Received 28 May 20265 Tarnside Close Offerton Stockport SK2 5JB
Received 28 May 2026Land North Of Buxton Road Hazel Grove
Received 2 Jun 2026Land South Of Mill Lane Hazel Grove Stockport
Received 2 Jun 202610 Lawton Avenue Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JL
Received 2 Jun 2026Queens View 64 Ack Lane East Bramhall Stockport SK7 2DA
Received 3 Jun 2026Gorse Hill 39 Gibb Lane Mellor Stockport SK6 5LZ
Received 4 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 51 Sandringham Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 2EJ
Received 1 Jun 2026148 Chester Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6HE
Received 5 Jun 202638-40 Curzon Road Offerton Stockport SK2 5DH
Received 8 Jun 2026103 Woodford Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1QB
Received 8 Jun 202619 South Parade Bramhall Stockport SK7 3BH
Received 8 Jun 202687 Brown Lane Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3SF
Received 8 Jun 2026Sainsburys Warren Street Stockport SK1 1UB
Received 8 Jun 202613 Princes Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NQ
Received 9 Jun 202687 Cavendish Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6HU
Received 10 Jun 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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