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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374 approved · 14 refused · 7 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Market Place Stockport SK1 1EU
Received 18 Sept 202688 Torkington Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 6NR
Received 18 Sept 20268 Ladythorn Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 2ER
Received 18 Sept 2026Site Of Former Springmount Mill Brinksway Edgeley Stockport SK3 0JX
Received 21 Sept 2026Site Of Former Springmount Mill Brinksway Edgeley Stockport SK3 0JX
Received 21 Sept 2026Larchwood 6 The Crescent Cheadle Stockport SK8 1PS
Received 22 Sept 2026Bankfield Industrial Estate Sandy Lane Stockport SK5 7SE
Received 21 Sept 202684 Castle Street Edgeley Stockport SK3 9AL
Received 21 Sept 202610 Crossmoor Crescent Romiley Stockport SK6 4AG
Received 21 Sept 202659 Swann Lane Cheadle Hulme Stockport SK8 7HR
Received 22 Sept 202615 Beatrice Avenue Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Stockport SK8 5DZ
Received 21 Sept 20261 21A Crowther Court Mauldeth Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 3NE
Received 24 Sept 2026Land To The South Of Oldknow Road, Approximately 30 Metres To The West From The Existing Bus Stop Opposite The Junction Of St Martin's Road And Oldknow Road.
Received 21 Sept 20268 Old Croft Mews Offerton Stockport SK1 4PQ
Received 22 Sept 202617 Bramhall Park Road Bramhall Stockport SK7 3DQ
Received 15 Sept 2026Chelford House Offerton Old Road Offerton Stockport SK2 5GE
Received 24 Sept 20267 Buckley Street North Reddish Stockport SK5 6NH
Received 21 Sept 2026126 Moor Lane Woodford Stockport SK7 1PJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Flat 1 Laurel Court 3 Laurel Road Heaton Moor Stockport SK4 4PP
Received 23 Sept 20265 The Pavilions Cheadle Stockport SK8 1HE
Received 24 Sept 202614 Arbury Avenue Cheadle Heath Stockport SK3 0QA
Received 28 Sept 202624 Cheadle Road Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 5EW
Received 28 Sept 20267A Elmsleigh Road Heald Green Cheadle SK8 3UD
Received 28 Sept 202624 Parsonage Street Heaton Norris Stockport SK4 1HZ
Received 28 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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