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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 30
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ENGLAND
The Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development
Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026
Made - - - - 15th January 2026
Laid before Parliament 19th January 2026
Coming into force - - 23rd February 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 198 of the
Localism Act 2011(1) (“the 2011 Act”) as modified by article 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Greater
Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017(2) (“the 2017 Order”),
having been notified of the designation of a Mayoral development area, and of the name to be given
to the Corporation for the area, by the Mayor pursuant to section 197(6)(b) and (c) of the 2011 Act
as modified by article 4 of, and the Schedule to, the 2017 Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development Corporation
(Establishment) Order 2026 and comes into force on 23rd February 2026.
Mayoral development area
2.—(1) The Mayoral development area is the area of land shown bounded externally by the inside
edge of the red line on the map.
(2) In paragraph (1), “the map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Stockport Town
Centre Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026” of which prints signed by
a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have been
deposited, and are available for inspection, at the offices of the Secretary of State for Housing,
(1) 2011 c. 20. “Combined Authority” and “Corporation” have the meaning given in paragraph 1(2)(b) of the Schedule to the
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612).
(2) S.I. 2017/612. This order was made under sections 104(1)(a), 105(1) and (3), 105A(1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) and (b), (3)(a) and
(b), (4)(a) and (b), 107D(1) and (7)(c), 114(1) and (3), 115(1) and (2)(a) and 117(5) of the Local Democracy, Economic
Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20). Section 104 was amended by sections 8 and 14 of, and Schedule 5 to, the
Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1) (“the 2016 Act”). Section 105A was inserted by section 7 of the
2016 Act. Section 107D was inserted by section 4 of the 2016 Act. Section 114 was amended by section 23 of, and paragraph
26 of Schedule 5 to, the 2016 Act, and by S.I. 2016/997. Section 117(5) was inserted by section 23 of, and paragraph 29 of
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Communities and Local Government and at the offices of the Greater Manchester Combined
Authority.
Establishment and naming of the Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development
Corporation
3. There is established a corporation for the Mayoral development area named the “Stockport
Town Centre Mayoral Development Corporation”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local
15th January 2026 Government
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes a Mayoral development corporation in relation to an area, designated as a
Mayoral development area, which encompasses the area shown bounded externally by the inner edge
of a red line on the map referred to in article 2 of this Order. Copies of the map may be inspected free
of charge by prior appointment with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,
Local Growth Delivery Unit, at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF and the Greater Manchester
Combined Authority, Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6EU(3).
The power to designate and establish the corporation is set out in section 198 of the Localism Act
2011, as modified by Article 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority
(Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612).
The Corporation for the area is to be called the Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development
Corporation (article 3).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no, or no significant, impact on
the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
(3) The map is available at web address: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/mayoral-development-corporations
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