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Former Stockport Delivery Office 1 Exchange Street Stockport SK1 1AA

DC/088981Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 July 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of the lower ground floor from retail space (Use Class E) to use as a classroom by a charitable organisation (Use Class F1[a]).

Received
13 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brinnington & Stockport Central (Stck)
Agent
ELG Planning
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Stockport Delivery Office 1 Exchange Street Stockport SK1 1AA. Stockport has handled 2,804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than Stockport's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Brinnington & Stockport Central (Stck). We hold 496 applications in total for the SK1 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
SK1 1AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Consultation expiry
13 July 2023
Consultation end
10 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
ELG Planning
Agent address
Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12234449
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    30 Jun

    Change of use of part of the lower ground floor (office 14) from office space (Use Class E) to use as a…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/085828
  2. 2022
    24 Mar

    Non-material amendment to DC/071361

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/084747
  3. 2020
    15 Dec

    Discharge of condition 19 attached to DC/071361

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/079111
  4. 2020
    23 Jan

    Discharge of condition 11 and 14 of planning permission DC/071361

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/075760
  5. 2019
    11 Nov

    Non-material amendment to planning permission DC/071361

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/075198
  6. 2019
    11 Nov

    Discharge of condition 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 22 of planning permission DC/071361

    Discharge Of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsDC/075191

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