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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
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates831Searchable applications
396Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 388 approved or refused records
14Refused applications
374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building regulationsContact planning Contact planningLocal plan Development PlanPre-application advice Pre-application advice and guidance
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.DC@stockport.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas37 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas30 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- RegisteredDC/099951
Single storey rear extension with 2no side ground floor windows.
9 Beech Road Cale Green Stockport SK2 6JH
Received 17 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099952
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 94 Lowfield Road Cale Green Stockport SK3 8JR
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099953
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 23B Dialstone Lane Offerton Stockport SK2 6AA
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099954
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 33 Canada Street Heaviley Stockport SK2 6EF
Received 13 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/099955
Erection of 7 building incidental to the dwellinghouse
Cheakers 72 Jacksons Edge Road High Lane Stockport SK6 8HA
Received 17 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/099956
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof
1B Walton Drive Marple Stockport SK6 6HB
Received 27 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/099957
T1 Sycamore - fell due to poor health, in decline and rot in the baseT2 Sycamore - fell due to poor health and is dying. HAR/CA25.
14 Grosvenor Road Marple Stockport SK6 6PR
Received 19 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/099958
G1 comprising of 3 Sycamore and 2 Ash trees.Crown lift up to 5 meters due to encroaching on the garden. HAR/CA8.
177 George Street Compstall Stockport SK6 5JD
Received 19 Aug 2026 - RegisteredDC/099959
T58 - Sycamore - Fell due to close proximity to the wall and has previously been topped. It is at risk of failure at regrowth points in a high pedestrian and vehicle traffic area.HAR/CA6
George And Dragon 1 High Street Cheadle Stockport SK8 1AX
Received 19 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099961
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 173 - 191 Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3UA
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099962
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Junction With Upper Brook Street And Rosemary Lane Stockport SK1 3BS
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099963
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 2 Toronto Road Heaviley Stockport SK2 6ED
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099964
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 28 Rectory Green Stockport SK1 4BS
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099965
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 13 Maple Close Heaviley Stockport SK2 6HJ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099966
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 46 Old Road On Short Street East Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1TD
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099967
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
1 Torbay Drive Offerton Stockport SK2 6AB
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099968
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Rear Of 61 Lord Street On Piccadilly SK1 3AD
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099969
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 269A Wellington Road South Heaviley Stockport SK2 6NG
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099970
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/o 187 - 189 Higher Hillgate Heaviley Stockport SK1 3JG
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099971
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Outside 103 Wellington Road South On Ratcliffe Street Stockport SK1 3TH
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099972
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 40 Lord Street Stockport SK1 3NA
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099973
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 1 Upper Brook Street Stockport SK1 3BW
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099974
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
S/O 15 Flint Street Stockport SK3 8GE
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedDC/099975
Virgin Media intends to install 1x cabinet
Street Outside 219 Reddish Road South Reddish Stockport SK5 7HS
Received 13 Aug 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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