The Old Chapel 161 George Street Compstall Stockport SK6 5JD Data via plota.co.uk

DC/098811 Approved
Listed buildingsTrees & landscaping

Proposal

Silver Birch - Crown reduce Silver Birch by 1-3 meters to maintain tree. The tree has been badly topped in the past so reducing it makes it look aesthetically pleasing. HAR/CA8. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Apr 2026
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Approved
22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Last checked 16 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Compstall conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Compstall. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve about 265 m away: Etherow Country Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 38 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £510,000 in August 2015. Detached house, freehold.

28 August 2015£510,000
20 July 2004£420,000
9 November 2001£305,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area258 m² (2,777 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1996 to 2002
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2009, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Stockport
Postcode
SK6 5JD
Received
14 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
22 May 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 14 days faster than Stockport's median of 52 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
307decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Stockport in the last twelve months, from validation. Stockport decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14853064
Planning Portal ref
PP-14853064

Historical activity at this location

15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Stockport
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#27 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Stockport is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #46 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Stockport decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #29 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #61 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #46 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #70 of 296
91%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
49 decided
1,318
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.