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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
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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
76 Ack Lane East Bramhall Stockport SK7 2BH
Received 18 Aug 2026Outside 91 Broadstone Hall Road South South Reddish Stockport SK5 7DE
Received 13 Aug 2026Regent House Heaton Lane Stockport SK4 1BS
Received 19 Aug 2026S/O 10 Chandos Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5AN
Received 13 Aug 2026OPP 38 Egerton Road North Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 4QT
Received 13 Aug 2026J/W 75 Blackbrook Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5PD
Received 13 Aug 2026S/O 306 Reddish Road South Reddish Stockport SK5 7EW
Received 13 Aug 202614 Alderdale Drive Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4AS
Received 19 Aug 2026482 Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3BS
Received 19 Aug 2026Cedar House 1 - 3 Derby Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4NE
Received 19 Aug 20264 Moor Lane Woodford Stockport SK7 1PP
Received 19 Aug 2026Outside 2 Essex Road Brinnington Stockport SK5 8EA
Received 14 Aug 2026J/W 99 Exeter Road Brinnington Stockport SK5 8BD
Received 14 Aug 2026S/O 11 Tiviot Dale On Daniels Lane Stockport SK1 1TA
Received 14 Aug 2026Outside 21 The Link Brinnington Stockport SK5 8JE
Received 14 Aug 2026Outside 67 Kingsway Bredbury Stockport SK6 2PB
Received 14 Aug 202632 Fountains Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7PY
Received 19 Aug 2026Outside 247 Brinnington Road Brinnington Stockport SK5 8AA
Received 14 Aug 2026Outside 539 Stockport Road West Bredbury Stockport SK6 2BS
Received 14 Aug 2026Land At Norbreck Avenue Cheadle Heath Stockport SK8 2ET
Received 20 Aug 2026Harefield 104 Northcote Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2HF
Received 20 Aug 202610 Lawton Close Romiley Stockport SK6 3EQ
Received 20 Aug 2026Churchfield House 5 The Crescent Cheadle Stockport SK8 1PS
Received 20 Aug 202625 Oakfield Road Davenport Stockport SK3 8SG
Received 20 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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