It's been dubbed the 'Stockport revolution' - and it's easy to see why.

A £1bn regeneration plan is about the completely transform the town.

Signs of the impact of the mammoth project are everywhere.

Stockport already has a huge new cinema and leisure complex by the M60. The town centre is unrecognisable.

But it's just the start.

So what can we expect in 2019 and beyond?

Here, the Manchester Evening News runs through some of the key projects that will change Stockport forever.

Stockport Interchange

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A huge new transport interchange with a two-acre park on top is on the way.

The new 'hub' has been a long-term ambition for the town hall.

In the shadow of Stockport’s famous viaduct, the new interchange will become the epicentre of the town’s transport network.

It could, eventually, welcome trams.

Town hall chiefs are confident Greater Manchester's Metrolink network will soon extend to Stockport. I t’s a matter of ‘when, not if’, they insist.

A 196-home apartment block, expected to cost around £39m, will sit beside the interchange.

There will be a bridge to Stockport train station; a new bridge over the River Mersey to Heaton Lane; a new link road between the A6 and Travis Brow; upgraded frontage onto Mersey Square; and a new cycle hub, as the council looks to slash congestion through the centre of Stockport.

Stockport council and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) envisage the interchange to be complete by 2021, with home and new public spaces to be finished by the middle of the following year.

It’s going to be pricey – around £120m – but council bosses say it will be well worth it.

Piccadilly car park

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Plans to build a 22-storey town centre apartment block were scaled back amid concerns it would create a ‘Benidorm’ skyline.

Developer Urbanize Homes submitted plans for a 66m tower on the Piccadilly car park site once occupied by Greenhale House.

Designed to stand taller than both Pendlebury Towers and Hanover Towers, the original scheme would have seen the development of Stockport’s tallest building.

The plans were later scaled back. Blueprints for a 14-storey block housing 164 flats were approved last month.

A former six-storey 1970s office block was demolished in the early 2000s and the site has been used as a car park ever since.

Since 2007, 10 redevelopment plans have been brought forward – and approved – for apartment blocks, a hotel and restaurant. But building work never started.

Developers are adamant construction on the latest plan will start next year.

Former sorting office

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Plans to transform Stockport’s former sorting office into 117 apartments and office space were given the go-ahead in June.

It was a decision that couldn’t have come quick enough for most members of the council’s planning committee, which dubbed the building an 'eyesore'.

Developers Rowlinson and Housing Capital Trust will convert the outdated structure, which has been empty since 2010, into modern rented apartments.

The development will also include a commercial area with food and drink facilities, offices and flexible workspaces on the ground floor.

Work on site, at the junction of Exchange Street and Station Road – opposite the town’s library – is expected to begin next year.

Battersby Hat Factory

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Plans to convert the iconic Battersby Hat Works into 144 homes were approved by town hall bosses in April.

The development is located on the Offerton Industrial Estate – and plans include bulldozing and redeveloping several buildings.

The former hat works will be transformed into 45 homes, including 16 apartments and 28 family homes.

The site will also house 99 family properties.

However, the landmark water tower emblazoned with a ‘B’ for Battersby – built following a blaze at the factory in 1906 – will be saved.

Davenport Hotel

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The former Davenport Park Hotel will soon be bulldozed to make way for 39 apartments.

Clowes Developments was granted permission for the development, on Buxton Road, in July.

The plan is for s five-storey block, just a mile from the town centre, with 20 one and 19 two-bedroom flats.

Planning documents say no ‘affordable’ apartments will be provided.

The authority’s planning committee said the plans are ‘not ideal’, but were the best members could have hoped for.

Agent Jim Seymour said redeveloping the plot would to prevent further vandalism.

Strawberry Fields

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Plans for an eight-storey block with 51 apartments were tabled in July.

Applicant Robert Orr wants to to develop the Cymbal Court site, which used to house the former Nip Inn pub.

The block would house 11 one and 40 two-bedroom flats, four of which would be classed as ‘affordable’.

A decision on the plan is expected next year.

Former cotton mill

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Plans to transform this derelict mill into 175 apartments were welcomed by town hall bosses.

Springmount Mill on Northgate Road has been empty for of years and has been targeted by vandals.

Just a week before planning permission was granted, part of the building collapsed.

Carpenter Investments is now set to revamp the former Victorian cotton mill into 'high-quality' apartments.

Proposals initially included retaining the Brinksway and Highfield Street-facing parts of the building, but storm damage means that would be unsafe.

Those sections will now be demolished and rebuilt where possible.

Stockport Exchange

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The £145m Stockport Exchange has already transformed the town centre.

But there are more phases to come.

A Holiday Inn Express hotel; a new public area outside the train station; a 1,000 space multi-storey car park have already been built.

Hundreds of offices have also been constructed as part of the scheme, with hundreds more on the way as part of the decade-long plan.

Proposals for phase two of the Stockport Exchange development were revealed almost a year ago. Construction work is well underway.

A new six-storey office, which will include space for shops on the ground floor, will be built on the site adjacent to the Stockport train station.

It is expected to create around 350 new jobs - on top of the some 300 created by phase one. The next phase could be finished by spring 2020.

It will be built next to the One Stockport Exchange, which was completed in December 2016, and was fully let within six months, with tenants including Music Magpie and Stagecoach.

What's already finished - and other approved developments

The new £47m Redrock leisure complex, complete with a cinema and car park, has just celebrated its first birthday.

Plans to invest in Merseyway shopping centre are in the pipeline, including a ‘grab and go’ food court on Arden Walk.

Smaller ‘retail pods’ down the centre of Merseyway for 'semi-permanent' businesses are also being considered. The council says it will reveal more details next year.

Stockport’s Old Town, with its historic charm, feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the high street.

The council is spending £7m to give it a facelift.

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The area, which includes the Market Place, the Underbanks and Hillgate, has suffered in recent years, with calls from traders for more investment.

Town hall chiefs have listened. They want it to become an area for smaller, independent shops.

Work to transform the Grade II-listed Produce Hall into a food hall with seating for up to 150 people - inspired by Mackie Mayor and Altrincham Market - is well underway.

New mayoral powers aimed at kick-starting development could also be used to create a 3,000-home ‘urban village’ on the edge of town.

The plan – the first time the powers would have been used in Greater Manchester – aims to see a wave of regeneration around King Street West, Chestergate, the viaduct and the railway station and could see the town hall compulsorily buy up land to get things moving.

Thousands of new homes would be earmarked for a string of sites, covering 130 acres stretching west from the A6 and out towards the Pyramid.