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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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
119 Church Lane Marple Stockport SK6 7AY
Received 3 Jul 2026Norbury Villa Buxton Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6NG
Received 3 Jul 20266 Kingswood Grove North Reddish Stockport SK5 6SP
Received 3 Jul 20262 Willow Mead Romiley Stockport SK6 4GA
Received 6 Jul 2026Oakleigh 289 Bramhall Lane Davenport Stockport SK3 8TF
Received 6 Jul 202612 Forbes Close Offerton Stockport SK1 4HG
Received 3 Jul 202647 Bank Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 1DX
Received 3 Jul 202640 Newbridge Lane Portwood Stockport SK1 2NA
Received 3 Jul 2026Car Wash Centre King Street West Stockport SK3 0DT
Received 3 Jul 2026452 Manchester Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5DL
Received 3 Jul 2026Hall Street Offerton Stockport SK1 4DA
Received 3 Jul 2026Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Stockport Road West Bredbury Stockport SK6 2BN
Received 3 Jul 202641 Rossendale Road Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3HE
Received 3 Jul 202621 Compstall Road Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5HG
Received 6 Jul 202634 Highfield Park Road Bredbury Stockport SK6 2PG
Received 6 Jul 20264 Airedale Close Cheadle Stockport SK8 1QL
Received 6 Jul 2026192 Bramhall Lane Davenport Stockport SK3 8TX
Received 6 Jul 2026137 Acre Lane Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7PB
Received 6 Jul 202624 Longmead Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5PF
Received 6 Jul 202658 Andrew Lane High Lane Stockport SK6 8HX
Received 6 Jul 2026Mill Reef Hall Lane Woodley Stockport SK6 1PP
Received 6 Jul 202626 Thornfield Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3JT
Received 6 Jul 202640 Fernwood Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5BE
Received 6 Jul 202621 Bowerfield Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6JA
Received 6 Jul 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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