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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND NORTH OF USWORTH ROAD BELLE VUE WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 20 Oct 200525 ERSKINE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4DU
Received 21 Jun 2005SILLARS (B CE) LIMITEDGRAYTHORP INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GRAYTHORP INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 20 Jun 2005FORMERCAR AUCTION SITE TOFTS ROAD EASTHARTLEPOOL
Received 20 Jun 2005LYNNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL GROSVENOR STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8RL
Received 22 Jun 2005OUTSIDE147 149 OXFORD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5NQ
Received 22 Jun 200591 KESTEVEN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2NL
Received 22 Jun 20056 WOBURN GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1HD
Received 23 Jun 200537 WINTERBOTTOM AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9HX
Received 23 Jun 200518 WHITBURN STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7QR
Received 24 Jun 200514 THE VALEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AA
Received 27 Jun 2005BETWEENANGUS STREET AND HART LANE AND ERNESTSTREET AND DUKE STREETHARTLEPOOL
Received 1 Jul 2005BETWEENALMA STREET SHERIFF STREETGORDON STREET AND MAYFAIR STREET(POOLE GARDENS)HARTLEPOOL
Received 14 Jun 2005103 RABY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 8DT
Received 28 Jun 2005ELIZABETH WAY SHOPSELIZABETH WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 27 Jun 20058 MERRIMAN GREENHARTLEPOOLTS24 9QR
Received 28 Jun 20055 TEESBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JF
Received 29 Jun 20054 HOLYROOD CRESCENTHARTHARTLEPOOLTS27 3BB
Received 29 Jun 200521 ST BEGAS GLADEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0FB
Received 30 Jun 20051THE COURTS ELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0DH
Received 29 Jun 2005LAND OPPOSITEALDIHART LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 28 Jun 2005191 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EE
Received 29 Jun 200537 GALA CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GA
Received 29 Jun 20052 CARNOUSTIE GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3PY
Received 29 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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