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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Barrack Hill Bredbury Stockport SK6 3BA
Received 19 Aug 202682 Longford Road West North Reddish Stockport SK5 6HX
Received 17 Aug 202620 Alberta Street Stockport SK1 3DE
Received 17 Aug 2026Church Of St Marys Church Street Cheadle Stockport SK8 1PX
Received 19 Aug 2026Opposite 16 Buxton Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6AD
Received 13 Aug 2026Casa Bianca 22 Broadway Bramhall Stockport SK7 3BT
Received 17 Aug 2026S/O 10 Grendale Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6LJ
Received 13 Aug 2026S/0 20 Arnside Avenue Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5AP
Received 13 Aug 2026Opposite 103 Bramhall Moor Lane Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5AQ
Received 13 Aug 2026J/W 46 St Michaels Avenue Bramhall Stockport SK7 2PL
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 12 Commercial Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4AA
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 1 Denbury Green Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5QS
Received 13 Aug 2026Outside 10A Carrwood Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 3EL
Received 13 Aug 2026J/W 47 Mostyn Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5HT
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 34 Belmont Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1LE
Received 13 Aug 202621 Daylesford Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 1LE
Received 17 Aug 2026J/W 58 ST MICHAELS AVENUE AND HUXLEY DRIVE BRAMHALL STOCKPORT SK7 2PG
Received 13 Aug 2026Outside 2 Siddington Avenue Adswood Stockport SK3 8NR
Received 13 Aug 2026Opposite 49 Rostherne Road Adswood Stockport SK3 8RJ
Received 13 Aug 2026Outside 9 Ladythorn Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2EP
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 32 Jepson Street Cale Green Stockport SK2 6QF
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 151 Adswood Road Cale Green Stockport SK3 8HW
Received 13 Aug 2026Street Outside 12 Elf Mill Close Cale Green Stockport SK3 8HS
Received 13 Aug 2026OPP 120 Shaw Road South Cale Green Stockport SK3 8JN
Received 13 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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