(March 2011)
Work is underway on a new 'Local Development Framework' (LDF) for Stockport which will shape future planning and development of the Borough not just in physical and environmental terms but also in social and economic terms.
The LDF will comprise a series of plan documents; the Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) is one of these.
The Core Strategy is the most important document in the LDF because it sets an overall strategy and vision, establishing the broad aims and objectives for the use of land in Stockport. It embraces the priorities of the Stockport Sustainable Community Strategy, particularly where this involves the use of land.
The Core Strategy outlines how future strategic development needs including housing, employment, retail, education and healthcare will be met, providing the overall context for how policies and proposals will be used to promote positive change and guide planning and other policy decisions across the Borough.
The Core Strategy was adopted by the Council on 17th March 2011 with its Development Management Policies being applied to planning applications from the 1st April 2011 onwards. It supersedes many (but not all) of the policies set out in the Stockport UDP Review; a schedule of those UDP policies that are replaced (and therefore no longer apply) is set out in Appendix B of the Core Strategy. From 1st April 2011, following adoption of the Stockport LDF Core Strategy DPD, the policies which are used to manage development in Stockport are those set out in the Core Strategy along with those policies of the Stockport Unitary Development Plan (UDP) Review (May 2006) which are not superseded by the Core Strategy. An informal extract from the UDP Review has been produced which sets out those UDP policies that are still relevant following adoption of the Core Strategy DPD. This extract is available under 'Related Documents' to the right of this page.
The adopted Stockport Core Strategy DPD (March 2011) is available to the right of this page under the 'Related Documents' list. Also available in this list are:
- The Report of the Independant Planning Inspector who held an Examination in Public (EiP) into the Core Strategy
- An Adoption Statement detailing that the Core Strategy has been adopted and where it might be viewed
- The Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal Report
A document outlining the Core Strategy’s approach to measuring the accessibility of sites is available to view online.
An interactive map which can be used to search for and measure the accessibility of potential housing sites is also available to view online. After clicking on the link please click on ‘Key’ to turn the accessibility layer on.