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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hartlepool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Dec 2004 to 17 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1BRANDON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LN
Received 8 Feb 200534GOLDSMITH AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9PN
Received 2 Feb 2005176STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DB
Received 3 Feb 200596PERCY STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 0HT
Received 3 Feb 2005103PARK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9HP
Received 4 Feb 200532HILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PE
Received 4 Feb 2005239PARK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9NG
Received 4 Feb 2005UP NORTH COMBINE HIGH STREET (GREATHAM)HARTLEPOOL
Received 7 Feb 2005ROSSMERE COTTAGEROSSMERE WAYHARTLEPOOLTS25 5EG
Received 7 Feb 2005NIRAMAXTOFTS FARM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE EAST BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 7 Feb 2005127BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1QG
Received 8 Feb 20055FIRBY CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0TQ
Received 8 Feb 20058WORSET LANEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0LJ
Received 9 Feb 200531RELTON WAYHARTLEPOOLTS26 0BB
Received 8 Feb 200542HART LANEHARTLEPOOLTS26 8NJ
Received 9 Feb 200531SEA VIEW TERRACEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0ET
Received 9 Feb 2005HOLMLEA14 THE GREENELWICKHARTLEPOOLTS27 3ED
Received 2 May 2024PLOT 3PARK VIEW INDUSTRIAL ESTATEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1UD
Received 29 Nov 2024394 CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LS
Received 28 Feb 2025HIGH TUNSTALL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE ELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0LQ
Received 12 May 20252 MOUNT PLEASANTELWICK VILLAGE ROADELWICKHARTLEPOOLTS27 3EF
Received 21 Jul 2025LAND WEST OFUSWORTH BUSINESS PARK USWORTH ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1PD
Received 25 Jul 2025MIDDLETHORPE FARM THE OLD GRANARYCOAST ROADHARTLEPOOLTS27 3AB
Received 8 Aug 2025TESCO STORES LTD BELLE VUE WAYHARTLEPOOLTS25 1UP
Received 28 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hartlepool Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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