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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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Oaklands Drive Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6LL
Received 14 Sept 20268 Oak Tree Close Offerton Stockport SK2 5DN
Received 14 Sept 202613 Broomfield Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4NB
Received 14 Sept 202611 Pownall Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 5AZ
Received 14 Sept 2026318 Wellington Road North Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 5BT
Received 14 Sept 202621 Harrow Drive Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4SA
Received 14 Sept 202683 Ack Lane East Bramhall Stockport SK7 2BH
Received 14 Sept 2026Container Adjacent To Unit 4V Bramhall Technology Park Pepper Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5BW
Received 7 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 14 Sept 2026Bramhall High School Seal Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2JT
Received 14 Sept 202628 Whitelow Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4BY
Received 15 Sept 2026Footway, In Front Of Kenilworth Hotel 66 Cheadle Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 5DX
Received 9 Sept 20264 Douglas Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4JG
Received 15 Sept 2026Wear Mill Chestergate Stockport SK3 0AG
Received 15 Sept 202632 Heathbank Road Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 6HG
Received 22 Sept 202626 Waterside Marple Stockport SK6 7LY
Received 22 Sept 202613 Peel Moat Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4PL
Received 16 Sept 20262 Oak Drive Bramhall Stockport SK7 2AD
Received 17 Sept 20265 Charlotte Street Cheadle Stockport SK8 1DT
Received 17 Sept 2026651 Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3AJ
Received 17 Sept 202628 Old Hall Road Gatley Cheadle Stockport SK8 4BE
Received 17 Sept 2026Greystones 11 Ladythorn Crescent Bramhall Stockport SK7 2HB
Received 22 Sept 202628 Brackley Road Heaton Chapel Stockport SK4 2RE
Received 18 Sept 2026336 Wellington Road North Heaton Chapel Stockport Stockport SK4 5DA
Received 18 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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