Metropolitan borough council · England
Stockport
Stockport is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.
What this council is responsible for
Stockport
Metropolitan borough council · E08000007
- Planning applications
- Bin and recycling collection
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Housing and homelessness
- Licensing
- Environmental health
- Parks and leisure
- Local elections
- Schools and education
- Adult social care
- Children’s services
- Roads and highways
- Waste disposal
- Libraries
- Trading standards
- Public health
Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000007
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
Greater Manchester
Strategic transport, economic development, skills
Other bodies covering this area
Greater Manchester
Combined authority
- Strategic transport
- Economic development
- Skills
Greater Manchester
Fire and rescue authority
- Fire and rescue
48
Postcode sectors
21
Wards
3
Constituencies
6 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.
Boundary
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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →
Parliamentary constituencies
Wards
21 wards recorded in this council area.
Bramhall North · Bramhall South & Woodford · Bredbury & Woodley · Bredbury Green & Romiley · Brinnington & Stockport Central · Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North · Cheadle Hulme South · Cheadle West & Gatley · Davenport & Cale Green · Edgeley · Hazel Grove · Heald Green · Heatons North · Heatons South · Manor · Marple North · Marple South & High Lane · Norbury & Woodsmoor · Offerton · Reddish North · Reddish South
Postcode sectors
SK1 1 · SK1 2 · SK1 3 · SK1 4 · SK1 9 · SK2 5 · SK2 6 · SK2 7 · SK2 9 · SK3 0 · SK3 3 · SK3 8 · SK3 9 · SK4 1 · SK4 2 · SK4 3 · SK4 4 · SK4 5 · SK4 9 · SK5 6 · SK5 7 · SK5 8 · SK5 9 · SK6 0 · SK6 1 · SK6 2 · SK6 3 · SK6 4 · SK6 5 · SK6 6 · SK6 7 · SK6 8 · SK6 9 · SK7 0 · SK7 1 · SK7 2 · SK7 3 · SK7 4 · SK7 5 · SK7 6 · SK8 1 · SK8 2 · SK8 3 · SK8 4 · SK8 5 · SK8 6 · SK8 7 · SK8 9
Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000007.