Hopes new digital map will get more people involved in drawing up borough's long-term plan

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Town hall bosses hope a new digital map will get more people involved in drawing up a new long-term plan for Stockport. The council is one of 13 across the country that will trial ‘innovative digital tools’ aimed at helping people have their say in the planning process.

It comes after it successfully bid for cash from the government’s £1m PropTech Engagement Fund - set up to boost public engagement and create a more modern planning system. READ MORE : Council to lend developer £60m to get mill regeneration project off the ground The pilots, which will run until March 2022, also aim to encourage groups typically underrepresented in planning decisions – such as renters, young people and those from black and ethnic minority communities –