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Focus School 237 Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 2AA

DC/074847Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 October 2019

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Screening Opinion for demolition of existing buildings and replacement with up to 28 dwellings, with associated access, car parking, landscaping and provision of new and improved areas of publicly accessible open space.

Received
27 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Heatons South (Here)
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Focus School 237 Didsbury Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 2AA. Stockport has handled 346 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stockport's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Heatons South (Here). We hold 1,696 applications in total for the SK4 postcode area.

85% of outline 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 2AA
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
28

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2019
Target decision date
18 October 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO-365WNext to the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 237 Didsbury Road, SK4 2AARegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Apr

    Discharge of condition 2 (Materials Schedule) and 38 (Balcony Details) of planning permission DC/093884

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/098937
  2. 2026
    17 Feb

    Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed Development: Construction of electricity substation.

    ApprovedLawful Development Certificate ProposedDC/098344
  3. 2026
    4 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 2 (materials), 10 (EVC apartments), 11 (EVC - houses), 12 (cycle parking - houses)…

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/098232
  4. 2025
    9 May

    Application to discharge conditions 6, 7, 9, 19 and 39 of Planning Permission DC/085997

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/095816
  5. 2025
    11 Feb

    Application to discharge Condition 40 (Affordable Housing Statement) pursuant to planning permission (Sec.73)…

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/094889
  6. 2025
    24 Jan

    Application to discharge Conditions 20, 21, 29, 31, 32 and 34 pursuant to planning permission (Sec.73)…

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/094707

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