21st October 2025

Dear Stockport Council FOI Team,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to housing proposed in the Draft Local Plan for Stockport:

  1. The number of new dwellings proposed under the Draft Local Plan, broken down by tenure type (e.g. owner-occupied, affordable rent, social rent, shared ownership, private rent, or other categories).
  2. Any available assessments, reports, or data held by the Council that estimate or model how many of the proposed new homes are likely to be delivered as private rental or buy-to-let properties.
  3. Any internal or external correspondence, briefing notes, or reports (produced since January 2023) discussing the potential impact of buy-to-let investment or high private rents on local housing affordability, particularly for Stockport residents or housing benefit recipients.
  4. Any policies, clauses, or mechanisms proposed or considered by the Council to prevent excessive buy-to-let ownership or to ensure a proportion of new homes are available at affordable rents or for local buyers.

If parts of this request exceed the statutory cost limit, please process the remaining parts within the limit and advise how I may refine the request.

Please provide all information in electronic format.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Kind regards,

Sheila Oliver

PS, I do hope this request doesn’t give Liz Sykes, Vicki Bates or Katie Moores a fit of the vapours.

Dear Sir or Madam

Romiley Residents Call for Brownfield First as 3,000 Homes Remain Unbuilt.

What consideration did those councillors/council officers  involved in the Draft Local Plan give to the issue of the huge number of houses in Stockport given planning permission but not built?

I do hope this request doesn’t annoy Vicki Bates, Liz Sykes or Katie Moores.

Kind regards

Sheila

Editor, The Romiley Gazette