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The Arches 1 Wellington Road South Stockport Stockport SK4 1AA

DC/061476Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 July 2016

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of use from vacant nightclub and retail unit (Sui Generis) to a 20 ensuite bedroom licensed HMO (Sui Generis), alterations to elevations and erection of a single storey extension.

Received
30 March 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Brinnington and Central
Agent
4D Planning
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 109 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 Stockport SK4 1AA. Stockport has handled 2,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 11 weeks longer than Stockport's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Small
Parish
Stockport Central Library

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2016
Consultation expiry
20 May 2016
Consultation end
20 May 2016
Target decision date
6 June 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
4D Planning
Agent address
86-90 Paul Street 3RD Floor London EC2A 4NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2016
Site notice start
27 April 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05001693
Comments
0
Documents
0
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.

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