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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 Cote Green Road Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5EN
Received 7 Sept 202615 Westby Close Bramhall Stockport SK7 2LZ
Received 7 Sept 20261 Orford Close High Lane Stockport SK6 8DS
Received 8 Sept 202642 Marple Hall Drive Marple Stockport SK6 6JN
Received 8 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 7 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 7 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 7 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 7 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 7 Sept 202652 Foxland Road Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4QB
Received 7 Sept 202621 Farmer Street Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1NF
Received 7 Sept 202639 Olwen Crescent North Reddish Stockport SK5 6XG
Received 7 Sept 202614 Eltham Avenue Great Moor Stockport SK2 7PJ
Received 8 Sept 202635 Shaw Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4AG
Received 9 Sept 202653 Chapel Street Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3AH
Received 8 Sept 202623 Devonshire Park Road Davenport Stockport SK2 6JZ
Received 9 Sept 202625 Richmond Hill Road Cheadle Stockport SK8 1QF
Received 8 Sept 202657 Marple Road Offerton Stockport SK2 5EL
Received 7 Sept 2026193 Finney Lane Heald Green Cheadle SK8 3PX
Received 8 Sept 202683 Fir Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JF
Received 7 Sept 202658 Gleneagles Road Heald Green Cheadle Stockport SK8 3EL
Received 9 Sept 20265 Parsonage Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4JZ
Received 16 Sept 202632 Syddal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 1AD
Received 16 Sept 2026Former Cheadle Heath Works Stockport Road Cheadle Heath Stockport
Received 9 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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