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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bowness Avenue Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7HS
Received 7 Aug 202622 Ullswater Road Heaviley Stockport SK1 4NH
Received 10 Aug 20263 Manston Drive Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 5DH
Received 10 Aug 2026Green And Slater Homes Balmoral Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4EA
Received 11 Aug 202662 Warren Avenue Cheadle Stockport SK8 1ND
Received 10 Aug 20267 Hollyvale Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5DQ
Received 11 Aug 2026Deanwater Hotel Wilmslow Road Woodford Stockport SK7 1RJ
Received 10 Aug 2026Gothic Barn Compstall Road Romiley Stockport SK6 4JG
Received 11 Aug 202633 Macclesfield Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6BD
Received 10 Aug 2026Land & Buildings At The Corner Of Chestergate & King Street West Stockport
Received 10 Aug 2026111 Kingsleigh Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3PH
Received 11 Aug 20262 Three Acres Drive South Reddish Stockport SK5 7NE
Received 11 Aug 202674 Albany Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1NE
Received 11 Aug 20265 Brooklyn Road Great Moor Stockport SK2 6BX
Received 11 Aug 2026Holly Head Hollywood Road Mellor Stockport SK6 5LR
Received 11 Aug 202663-65 Commercial Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4BG
Received 11 Aug 202675 Newlands Avenue Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 6NE
Received 11 Aug 2026Nurses Home Cheadle Royal Hospital 100 Wilmslow Road Heald Green Cheadle
Received 11 Aug 202627 Heath Road Cale Green Stockport SK2 6JJ
Received 11 Aug 202614 Peveril Drive Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6BZ
Received 11 Aug 20266 Hibbert Lane Marple Stockport SK6 7NL
Received 12 Aug 20261A Avondale Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4PZ
Received 12 Aug 202616 Ogden Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1HJ
Received 12 Aug 202618 Ogden Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1HJ
Received 12 Aug 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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