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Swathes of Stockport are part of the green belt, land designated to limit the expansion of distinct urban areas and stop them merging together.

Keeping the areas apart is what helps them keep their separate identities, and many people in the borough's towns and villages choose to live there because of access to green spaces.

But that could all be about to change because of a new document published by the council.

Stockport's draft local plan is a report which outlines the future of development in the borough, including where new houses could be built.

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE

The council revealed its draft local plan this week, which showed 27 areas of land in the green

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