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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 THOMPSON GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9AD
Received 28 Jul 20052 MOWBRAY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LY
Received 28 Jul 200515 CHURCH STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7DJ
Received 28 Jul 2005ST FRANCIS COTTAGE HIGH STREET GREATHAMHARTLEPOOLTS25 2EJ
Received 29 Jul 2005Plot 3opposite Delamere The WyndWynyard WoodsBillingham
Received 29 Jul 20053 NORTHBROOK COURTHARTLEPOOLTS26 0DJ
Received 1 Aug 2005CLEVELAND COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN CHURCH SQUAREHARTLEPOOLTS24 7EX
Received 1 Aug 200599 TORQUAY AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 3DU
Received 2 Aug 200542BILSDALE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AH
Received 2 Aug 20051THE SPINNEYHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AW
Received 29 Jul 2005STRANTON HOUSE WEST VIEW ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 0BW
Received 2 Aug 200514 MEADOW DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AY
Received 2 Aug 20051 ROUNDHILL CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0QL
Received 2 Aug 200535 MEADOWGATE DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0RH
Received 2 Aug 20051DFREDERIC STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 0EB
Received 28 Jul 2005146GRANGE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8JL
Received 3 Aug 200518 CRESSWELL DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0EQ
Received 3 Aug 20052 HILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PE
Received 4 Aug 200554 CUNDALL ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8LG
Received 3 Aug 20058 MIDDLEWOOD CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3QP
Received 4 Aug 2005HARTLEPOOL ROVERS AMATEUR QUOIT CLUB GRAINGER STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 8EQ
Received 5 Aug 200541 SANDRINGHAM ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PS
Received 8 Aug 2005New Market HotelMAS AGRAA PALACE RESTAURANT LYNN STREETHARTLEPOOL
Received 3 Aug 200567 ARK ROYAL CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1DH
Received 8 Aug 2005Records 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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