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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ogden Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1HJ
Received 12 Aug 202612 Oakdene Road Marple Stockport SK6 6PJ
Received 12 Aug 2026Gothic Lodge 213 Compstall Road Romiley Stockport SK6 4JG
Received 17 Aug 2026Gothic Lodge 213 Compstall Road Romiley Stockport SK6 4JG
Received 17 Aug 2026Powerleague Craig Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 2AP
Received 12 Aug 202685 Bollington Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5ES
Received 12 Aug 2026Mirrlees Field Mirrlees Drive Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5BP
Received 12 Aug 202678 Swann Lane Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 7HU
Received 17 Aug 202619 Elmtree Drive Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 2HW
Received 13 Aug 202624 Oaklands Avenue Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 5DE
Received 13 Aug 2026Pointing Dog Grove Lane Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7NE
Received 13 Aug 202635 Lea Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4JT
Received 13 Aug 202653 Priestnall Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3DL
Received 13 Aug 2026Lundy Site & Former Heaton Lane Car Park Site Stockport SK3 0BQ
Received 14 Aug 2026Lundy Site & Former Heaton Lane Car Park Site Stockport SK3 0BQ
Received 14 Aug 20269 Proctor Crescent Woodford Stockport SK7 1HD
Received 14 Aug 202617 Frewland Avenue Davenport Stockport SK3 8TZ
Received 14 Aug 20264 Parsonage Street Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1HZ
Received 14 Aug 202688 East Avenue Heald Green Cheadle SK8 3BS
Received 10 Aug 202665 - 83 St Petersgate Stockport SK1 1DS
Received 14 Aug 2026268 Green Lane Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 2NA
Received 19 Aug 202624 Longford Road West North Reddish Stockport SK5 6ET
Received 17 Aug 20263 Milton Crescent Cheadle Stockport SK8 1NT
Received 17 Aug 202624 Fernhill Mellor Stockport SK6 5AN
Received 17 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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