Stockport News
The latest Stockport news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
Top story
Cheadle Station: First Work Starts This Week, Council Says
Highway work and trial holes start this week at the new Cheadle station site. What unblocked it and what is still open for Ashley and Plumley.
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Council
Stockport Crematorium: New Cremators Firm Named in £14m Plan
Stockport Council has named the firm to install new cremators at Buxton Road, part of a £14m, four-phase refurbishment planned to keep funerals running.
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Hulme VC James Kirk: Medals at Auction on 7 October
The Victoria Cross won by Adswood-born James Kirk a week before the Armistice goes under the hammer in London on 7 October, estimated at around £160,000.
Planning
Jacksons Lane 160 Homes Approved on Hazel Grove Green Belt
Councillors voted 9 in favour of 160 Green Belt homes at Jacksons Lane, Hazel Grove, weeks after the area committee said refuse. What happens next.
Brinnington
Brinnington Boxing and Football Clubs Get Police-Funded Kit
£1,000 of boxing kit and 50 footballs for Brinnington youth sport, paid from the High Sheriff's Trust by GMP's Operation Vulcan, seven months into its stay.
Roads
Stockport Traffic Cameras: Cheadle and Hazel Grove First
Cameras going up this week will fine drivers for a banned turn in Cheadle and a yellow box in Hazel Grove. First offences get a warning for six months.
What's on
Tour de France Femmes Trophy in Stockport on 3 and 4 October
See the Tour de France Femmes trophy free at Weir Mill on Saturday 3 October and Merseyway on Sunday 4 October, 300 days before the race comes through Stockport.
Edgeley
Little Giggles Nursery Edgeley: £2,379 for Cancer Research
An Edgeley nursery planned a carnival in under two weeks and raised £2,379.09 for Cancer Research UK. Now its families are filling bags for two food banks.
Schools
Bramhall High School £46m Rebuild Starts in October
Willmott Dixon starts on site in October, the new building opens in August 2028 and the site is clear in 2029. The school is still £650,000 short for desks.
Stockport
Stockport Claimant Count 5,550: Under-25s Up 85 in a Year
Stockport's claimant count hit 5,550 in August and under-25s are 85 of the 100 annual rise. At 3.0%, the rate is still the lowest in Greater Manchester.
House prices
Stockport House Prices July 2026: Up £12,734 in a Year
Stockport's average home reached £317,913 in July, up £12,734 in a year and rising almost four times as fast as England. Terraces led, flats did not.
Planning
Stockport Local Plan Comments Open 23 September to 8 Nov
Cabinet approved the plan on 15 September. Comments run 23 September to 8 November, and only soundness and legal compliance count at this stage.
Bramhall
Bramhall Board Games Café: 40 a Week Come In Alone
About 40 of the 100 people through Outside The Box in a typical week arrive on their own. Rachel Eade on leaving a finance directorship to open it.
Planning
Stockport Planning: Councillors Lose Most Decisions 31 Oct
From 31 October, Stockport councillors lose the power to call in planning applications, and objections alone will no longer force a committee hearing.
Planning
Stockport Local Plan: 24,253 Homes, Comments From 23 Sept
Stockport's final Local Plan goes to Cabinet on 15 September: 24,253 homes to 2042, 8,689 of them on Green Belt land. Comments run 23 September to 8 November.
Business
Stockport New Companies: 266 in August, Down 24 on a Year
266 companies took a Stockport borough address in August, 24 fewer than a year ago. Retail leads the list, and two Bramhall postcodes hold 1,766 active firms.
Housing
Stockport Rehoused 30 Homeless Households Outside Borough
Thirty homeless Stockport households have been rehoused outside the borough, ten in Manchester. Cabinet is asked to make it permanent on 16 September.
Planning
266 Homes for Hazel Grove and Offerton: Committee Tuesday
Taylor Wimpey wants 160 homes on Green Belt at Jacksons Lane, Story Homes and Stockport Grammar 106 on old playing fields. Officers back both, 8 Sept.
Bins
Stockport Blue Bins Back to Fortnightly Before Christmas
Blue bins go back to fortnightly from four-weekly before Christmas. Councillors debate it on 1 September, and every printed calendar runs out next week.
Stockport 8
Stockport Council Seeks CPO Over Daw Bank Bus Depot
Cabinet is asked on 15 September to start compulsory purchase of the Stagecoach depot at Daw Bank, after a payment row stalled plans for 1,328 homes.
Housing
Stockport HMOs: Vote to End Automatic Conversions
Licensed HMOs rose from 28 to 143 in eight years. Cabinet decides on 15 September whether to make landlords apply for planning permission borough-wide.
Planning
Bredbury 134 Affordable Homes: Comments Close 28 August
All 134 homes proposed off Shakespeare Road would be social rent or shared ownership, on green belt. Comments close Friday 28 August, 47 objections in so far.
Business
Weir Mill Stockport: Rita Ray's, Bodega and Kontrol Open
Three independents are now trading at the restored mill. Opening hours, what each one offers, where to park, and the three operators still to come.
Planning
Stockport Built 43% of the Homes Government Required
Stockport delivered 1,457 of the 3,408 homes required over three years. That is 43%, the lowest in Greater Manchester, and it triggers the planning presumption.
Brinnington
Brinnington £20m Pride in Place: Grants Close 1 September
Brinnington has £20m over ten years, and the plan deciding how it is spent goes to government by 30 November. Grants close 1 September, survey 25 October.
Licensing
Gatley takeaway 2am licence: police object, decision 20 Aug
Freddys Chicken and Pizza on Church Road wants to serve until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays. Greater Manchester Police, Environmental Health and a resident object. Councillors decide at 6pm on Thursday 20 August.
Schools
Merseyway 50p school uniform shop open until Fri 21 August
Every item is 50p at Merseyway's pop-up uniform shop, open until Friday 21 August: blazers, PE kits, shoes and bags. Fifth year of the scheme; this year's takings go to Emmie's Kitchen.
Transport
Stockport bus changes: 377 from 1 Sep, 192 night bus
TfGM has fixed the dates: the 378 and 379 change on 30 August, a new 377 serves Woodford from 1 September, and the 192 runs round the clock from 3 September.
Schools
Stockport A level results 2026: every figure published
Aquinas reports 30% at A*/A and a 99% pass rate, Cheadle Hulme 48% and a 100% pass rate, Stockport Grammar 92% at A*-C, against a North West average of 26.5%.
Planning
Bramhall High and Moorfield rebuilds decided 13 August
Officers back both: Bramhall High demolished and rebuilt over 90 weeks, Moorfield Primary phased over three years. Committee decides at 6pm on 13 August.