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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dairyground Farm Lytham Drive Bramhall Stockport
Received 8 Jul 2026Dairyground Farm Lytham Drive Bramhall Stockport
Received 8 Jul 20269 Park Gates Drive Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 7DD
Received 8 Jul 202638 Dorrington Road Cheadle Heath Stockport SK3 0PZ
Received 8 Jul 2026Unit 7 Spectrum Way Adswood Stockport SK3 0SA
Received 8 Jul 2026Land And Buildings At Stanbank Street And Reuben Street Stockport SK4 1PX
Received 8 Jul 2026Thorn Bank Lodge 150 Heaton Moor Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4LA
Received 8 Jul 20266 Filey Road Offerton Stockport SK2 5TW
Received 8 Jul 202619 Victoria Grove Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5BU
Received 8 Jul 202648 Castle Street Edgeley Stockport SK3 9AD
Received 8 Jul 2026483 Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3AY
Received 9 Jul 202648 Winnington Green Offerton Stockport SK2 5LX
Received 9 Jul 2026Greenspace Rear Of 23-29 Arthur Street North Reddish Stockport SK5 6DE
Received 10 Jul 202661 Highfield Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 6EN
Received 9 Jul 2026169 Hall Street Offerton Stockport SK1 4HR
Received 9 Jul 2026Front Off 22 Marple Road Offerton Stockport SK2 5QB
Received 16 Jun 202626 Locksley Close Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 2LW
Received 9 Jul 202635 Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3ND
Received 9 Jul 2026Tithe Barn Primary School Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NG
Received 10 Jul 2026Arch 8 Viaduct Street Stockport
Received 9 Jul 2026Vale House Reddish Road South Reddish Stockport SK5 7EW
Received 10 Jul 202655 Langdale Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1DN
Received 10 Jul 2026Tesco Tiviot Way Heaton Norris Stockport SK1 2BT
Received 10 Jul 2026118 Rostrevor Road Adswood Stockport SK3 8UT
Received 10 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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