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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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Kenwood Point Kenwood Road North Reddish Stockport SK5 6PH
Received 25 Aug 20264 The Green Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 6JB
Received 25 Aug 202618 Borrowdale Avenue Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4QF
Received 25 Aug 202618 Clifton Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4DD
Received 27 Aug 2026Marple Lock 4 And Adjacent Footbridge On The Peak Forest Canal Peak Forest Canal Tow Path Marple Stockport
Received 25 Aug 202637A Moss Lane Bramhall Stockport SK7 1EQ
Received 25 Aug 2026212 Shaw Heath Cale Green Stockport SK2 6QZ
Received 26 Aug 2026Heaton Mersey Methodist Church Cavendish Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3DP
Received 27 Aug 202650 Adswood Lane East Cale Green Stockport SK2 6RG
Received 27 Aug 2026Podnor Barn Podnor Lane Mellor Stockport SK6 5PX
Received 26 Aug 2026Tennis 31M From 7 Haddon Close 20M From Unnamed Road Footpath From 43 Chatsworth Road Going Around The Playground To Ashbourne Drive High Lane Stockport SK6 8DD
Received 26 Aug 2026216-218 Heaton Moor Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4DU
Received 26 Aug 20262 Milton Crescent Cheadle Stockport SK8 1NU
Received 26 Aug 20264 Orford Close High Lane Stockport SK6 8DS
Received 26 Aug 202616 Aldersgate Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 7PJ
Received 27 Aug 202612 Sykes Meadow Edgeley Stockport SK3 9RJ
Received 27 Aug 202612 St Martins Avenue Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 2JF
Received 27 Aug 2026In Footway, Side Of 26 Granby Road On Seymour Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 6LS
Received 27 Aug 2026In Footway, 74 Grove Lane Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 7NB
Received 27 Aug 2026In Footway, 38 Eskdale Avenue Bramhall Stockport SK7 1DU
Received 27 Aug 2026On Verge, Side Of 2 Penrith Avenue North Reddish Stockport SK5 6ES
Received 27 Aug 2026Ajax Works Whitehill Street South Reddish Stockport SK4 1NT
Received 27 Aug 2026In Footway, 158 Bramhall Lane South Bramhall Stockport SK7 2ED
Received 27 Aug 2026Heritage Gardens 40 Heaton Moor Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4NU
Received 27 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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