Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 BRUNEL CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0UF
Received 13 Jun 20053 BARNES COURTHARTLEPOOLTS24 9SH
Received 9 Jun 200523 ONYX CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GP
Received 13 Jun 200526 IRVINE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 3HR
Received 13 Jun 2005Land at Usworth Road/Belle Vue WayHartlepoolSTAG & MONKEY
Received 13 Jun 2005TESCO STORES LTD BELLE VUE WAYHARTLEPOOLTS25 1JZ
Received 3 Jun 20052 ARNCLIFFE GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS26 9JG
Received 13 Jun 200528 MILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PX
Received 15 Jun 2005ST HILDS SECONDARY SCHOOLKING OSWY DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9PF
Received 15 Jun 200511 QUEEN STREET (HEADLAND)HARTLEPOOLTS24 0PR
Received 15 Jun 200547 CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4HH
Received 15 Jun 200517 MILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PX
Received 15 Jun 2005ROSSMERE WAY FOOTBALL PITCHES ROSSMERE WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 13 Jun 2005ROSSMERE WAY FOOTBALL PITCHES ROSSMERE WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 13 Jun 200565 SANDRINGHAM ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PS
Received 17 Jun 2005178 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EA
Received 17 Jun 2005178 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EA
Received 17 Jun 2005Rear OF33 35ASHWOOD CLOSEHARTLEPOOL
Received 17 Jun 2005SIDE OF3FELLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOL
Received 17 Jun 200534A DUKE STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PU
Received 17 Jun 2005120 NORTHGATEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0EJ
Received 16 Jun 200515 CROWLAND ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JJ
Received 17 Jun 200519 21WYNYARD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 3LB
Received 20 Jun 2005HIGH THROSTON FARM WORSET LANEHART LANEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0UG
Received 16 Jun 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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