Welcome to the Stockport Local Plan

Welcome to the Local Plan

A Local Plan sets out the vision for future development in the borough. Local Plans are used to help decide on planning applications and other planning related decisions. It's a guide to what can be built where, known as a land use plan.

The Local Plan will run until 2038 and will:

• make sure that Stockport has the right land, the right homes and the right infrastructure in the right places, for current and future generations
• address the key issues facing the borough such as the climate emergency and some of the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19)
• identify those places and sites where change and development can best be accommodated, and make sure we get the right development in the right places

The Local Plan must be shaped by national legislation and wider policy but we can make sure that it reflects what our communities think is most important.