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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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cromwell Road Castle Hill Brinnington Stockport SK6 2RF
Received 25 Aug 2026Buckley House 2B Carrs Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 2LA
Received 1 Sept 202623 Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NE
Received 1 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 2 Sept 2026Unit 1 To 3 2 Lancashire Hill Heaton Norris Stockport SK5 7FW
Received 2 Sept 2026Unit 1 To 3 2 Lancashire Hill Heaton Norris Stockport SK5 7FW
Received 2 Sept 20269 Daylesford Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 1LE
Received 2 Sept 20263 Depleach Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 1DZ
Received 8 Sept 2026Mill Brow Farm Mill Brow Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5LL
Received 8 Sept 20265 Top Lock House Lime Kiln Lane Marple Stockport SK6 6BX
Received 8 Sept 2026Chadkirk Industrial Estate, Storage Compound 4 Vale Road Romiley Stockport SK6 3NE
Received 8 Sept 20268 Teal Close Offerton Stockport SK2 5JN
Received 1 Sept 202641 Derby Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4NF
Received 8 Sept 20265 Top Lock House Lime Kiln Lane Marple Stockport SK6 6BX
Received 8 Sept 2026The Cottage Waverley Road Edgeley Stockport SK3 9NH
Received 4 Sept 202643 Clement Road Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5AG
Received 4 Sept 202624 Offerton Drive Offerton Stockport SK2 5QZ
Received 4 Sept 2026Homebase Store Stockport Road West Bredbury Stockport SK6 2AR
Received 4 Sept 2026187 Gatley Road Gatley Cheadle SK8 4BB
Received 4 Sept 2026265A London Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4PL
Received 4 Sept 202622 Waterloo Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2NX
Received 4 Sept 202610 Chadwick Avenue Woodford Stockport SK7 1SJ
Received 4 Sept 202612 Bradda Mount Bramhall Stockport SK7 3BX
Received 7 Sept 202620 Drayton Drive Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3LF
Received 7 Sept 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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