To: foi@stockport.gov.uk; liz.sykes@Stockport.gov.uk; Vicki Bates (vicki.bates@stockport.gov.uk); leader@stockport.gov.uk; emma.curle@stockport.gov.uk

Subject: EIR Request – Enforcement and Planning History (Land at Magda Road, Stockport SK2 7LX – DC/027600)

Dear Planning / Environmental Information Officer,

I am requesting information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) in relation to:

Land at Magda Road, Magda Road, Stockport, SK2 7LX
and associated reference DC/027600 (refused LDC dated 5 September 2007)

Information Requested

Please provide copies of all environmental information held by the Council relating to:

  1. Enforcement history
    • Whether any enforcement investigations, complaints, or case files have ever been opened in relation to the land
    • Whether any enforcement notices (formal or informal) have ever been issued
    • Any records confirming whether the Council considered the stationing, fencing, or use of the land to be unlawful development at any time
  2. Planning control decisions
    • Any records confirming the Council’s position on whether the land constitutes:
      • residential curtilage, or
      • a separate planning unit, or
      • previously developed (brownfield) land
  3. Site status after 2007
    • Any later planning permissions, refusals, appeals, or Lawful Development Certificates affecting the land
    • Any internal updates or reassessments of the site’s planning status since the 2007 refusal
  4. Evidence used in decision-making
    • Any aerial photography, site visit notes, or internal planning/enforcement notes relied upon in determining the site’s status

Clarification

This request is made to establish whether the Council has ever considered or taken action on any alleged breach of planning control or unlawful development at this site, and how the land’s planning status has been recorded over time.

Response Format

Please provide the information electronically where possible.
If any information is withheld, please confirm the exemption relied upon and provide redacted copies where applicable.

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Oliver

Editor, The Romiley Gazette