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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 DUNBAR ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DT
Received 5 Aug 200512 SPALDING ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LD
Received 8 Aug 2005CROOKFOOT FARM PLOT 18COAL LANEELWICKHARTLEPOOLHARTLEPOOLTS27 3HA
Received 8 Aug 2005H TONES AND SONS BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1QP
Received 10 Aug 200582 SUGGITT STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PY
Received 11 Aug 2005164 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9DT
Received 10 Aug 20055 LOWDALE LANEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9RL
Received 10 Aug 200521 MILBANK CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3BT
Received 9 Aug 200517 GRANGE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8JE
Received 11 Aug 2005GARDENER HOUSE BRIERTON LANEHARTLEPOOLTS25 4AG
Received 12 Aug 2005ENGLISH MARTYRS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4HA
Received 11 Aug 200565 SEATON LANEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1JB
Received 11 Aug 2005YE OLDE DURHAMS SOCIAL CLUB ST AIDANS STREETHARTLEPOOLTS25 1SN
Received 16 Aug 200513 NIGHTINGALE CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0HL
Received 18 Aug 2005GREEN WEDGE NORTH OF MIDDLE WARREN EASINGTON ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 18 Aug 200520 21 CHURCH STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7DH
Received 15 Aug 200531 NORTHWOLD CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LP
Received 15 Aug 200592 KINGSLEY AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JH
Received 17 Aug 2005EXWOLD TECHNOLOGY BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2BW
Received 12 Aug 200528 HYLTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AH
Received 16 Aug 200519 CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4HE
Received 16 Aug 20055 NORTHBROOK COURTHARTLEPOOLTS26 0DJ
Received 16 Aug 2005151 ANNANDALE CRESCENTHARTLEPOOLTS24 9BS
Received 16 Aug 2005SEATON MEADOWS LANDFILL SITE BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLHARTLEPOOL
Received 15 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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