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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 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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Marlcroft Avenue Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 3LZ
Received 10 Jun 202631 Davenport Park Road Davenport Stockport SK2 6JU
Received 11 Jun 202610 Styal Grove Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4JS
Received 11 Jun 20263 Highfield Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 6EL
Received 11 Jun 202624 Waterside Marple Stockport SK6 7LY
Received 19 Jun 2026Mac And PC Centre 35A Buxton Road Heaviley Stockport SK2 6LS
Received 11 Jun 202623 Mulberry Mews Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1HX
Received 12 Jun 202618 Longnor Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6ET
Received 12 Jun 202657 Rising Sun Inn, Flat Stockport Road East Bredbury Stockport SK6 2AA
Received 12 Jun 2026Greyhound Hotel Residential Accomodation 71 Lower Bents Lane Bredbury Stockport SK6 2NL
Received 12 Jun 20262 Roundhey Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3JR
Received 12 Jun 2026Co-Operative Retail Services 204-210 Wilmslow Road Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3BH
Received 12 Jun 2026Select And Save 2 Lancashire Hill Heaton Norris Stockport SK5 7RP
Received 12 Jun 2026Red Lion Filling Station 83A Stockport Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 2AJ
Received 12 Jun 2026126 Bramhall Lane Davenport Stockport SK3 8SB
Received 12 Jun 2026Tesco Express Fiveways Service Station 99 Macclesfield Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6DT
Received 12 Jun 202614 Cherry Tree Lane Romiley Stockport SK6 4ER
Received 12 Jun 2026Broomfield Post Office 222 Reddish Road South Reddish Stockport SK5 7DX
Received 12 Jun 2026Powerleague Craig Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 2AP
Received 12 Jun 2026Matalan Millgate Stockport SK1 2LX
Received 12 Jun 2026Yew Tree Service Station, Electronic Delivery Lockers Reddish Road South Reddish Stockport SK5 7EW
Received 12 Jun 202621 Daylesford Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 1LE
Received 12 Jun 202635 Sevenoaks Avenue Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4AU
Received 12 Jun 20263 Willow Bank Close Offerton Stockport SK2 5GB
Received 19 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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