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The Arches 1 Wellington Road South Stockport SK4 1AA

DC/058692Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2016

Council decision: Granted

Proposal

Change of use from vacant nightclub and retail unit (Sui Generis) to 11 residential units (C3) with associated external alterations

Received
21 May 2015
Agent
Osborne Planning LLP.
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 310 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Arches 1 Wellington Road South Stockport SK4 1AA. Stockport has handled 2,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 357 days, 45 weeks longer than Stockport's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,696 applications in total for the SK4 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SK4 1AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2015
Consultation expiry
7 August 2015
Consultation end
7 August 2015
Target decision date
6 October 2015
Decision issued
26 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Osborne Planning LLP.
Agent address
86-90 Paul Street 3RD Floor London London EC2A 4NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 May 2015
Site notice start
29 May 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04195443
Comments
0
Documents
20
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: The Arches, 1 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK4 1AARegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    23 Aug

    Non-material amendment to planning permission DC/068530

    RefusedNon-material amendmentDC/077833

Source: Stockport

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