Land To The East Of Strines Road Strines Stockport SK6 7GE Data via plota.co.uk

DC/097630 - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Change of use of land to equine and nature-based education, to include erection of horse barn and cabin/mobile home for agricultural/forestry worker, with associated access improvements, footpaths, parking area, yard and equine exercise area Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
18 Nov 2025
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Validated
23 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
12 Feb 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Apr 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 21 Jul 2026; it is now day 259.

The consultation period closed on 21 Jul 2026.

Documents 30

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Lost Wetlands; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Marpleridge built-up area; Priority habitat about 12 m away: Deciduous woodland; Flood defence about 35 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); 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.

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Important details

Council
Stockport
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SK6 7GE
Received
18 Nov 2025
Validated
23 Jan 2026
Ward
Marple South & High Lane(Marp)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
MPD Built Environment Consultants Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 259, past the statutory target. 89% of changes of use in Stockport are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 259203 days past the 56-day target
72%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
52decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Stockport in the last twelve months, from validation. Stockport decision record →

Public comments

16comments received
9 objecting7 supporting

56% object · below the UK average of 74%

29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14463331
Planning Portal ref
PP-14463331
Comments by
21 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Stockport
Planning Authority Score
8/10
Excellent
#27 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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