19th October 2025

  • Steve Johnson — named repeatedly as the Council’s Planning/Local Plan policy lead / policy officer and listed as the officer contact on Development Plan / Local Plan papers. democracy.stockport.gov.uk+1
  • Richard Wood — Planning Policy Manager (routinely named as contact for planning-policy roles and job adverts connected to the Local Plan). Find a Job
  • Suzanne (Sue) Broomhead — appears as a senior planning manager / infrastructure & design lead and is named on planning evidence correspondence and statements. programmeofficers.co.uk+1
  • Emma Curle — appears in council planning correspondence and senior place/planning team listings (has appeared on planning evidence and email chains). programmeofficers.co.uk+1
  • Laura Green — Head of Regeneration / senior regeneration officer involved in delivery and evidence documents (appears in planning evidence correspondence). Marketing Stockport+1
  • Mark Glynn — Director of Place Management (senior lead in Place who would sign off or provide direction on plan preparation). stockport.gov.uk
  • Paul Richards — Deputy Chief Executive / Director-level leader listed in Place / regeneration senior leadership (part of the senior officer team that would be involved in statutory sign-offs and advice). stockport.gov.uk
  • Vicki Bates — Monitoring Officer / Strategic Head of Legal & Democratic Governance (named in Council senior leadership pages — legal advice on plan process would come via Monitoring Officer/legal team). stockport.gov.uk
  • Jonathan Davies (or the Council’s Section 151 / Director of Finance) — finance officer who would provide any required financial / viability advice for plan options (the Section 151 officer is routinely involved where there are financial implications). stockport.gov.uk