Stockport council has been handed a warning by the government over ‘repeated failure’ to progress its local plan.

A local plan is a document outlining a vision for future development in an area, including building new homes, which is used to make planning decisions.

Stockport council had a draft local plan prepared last year ready to go to a public consultation in September, but the town hall postponed this after the government brought in new mandatory housing targets.

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The council is under no overall control but is led by the Lib Dems .

Stockport council last adopted a local plan in 2011. It voted to withdraw from a Greater Manchester-wide development pla

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