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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 LINDEN GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9PZ
Received 17 Aug 200524 SOUTHBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JB
Received 18 Aug 200512 JACQUES COURTHARTLEPOOLTS24 0UD
Received 18 Aug 2005119 TORQUAY AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 3DX
Received 18 Aug 2005HORSLEY CENTREDARLINGTON STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 0LE
Received 17 Aug 200510 TALLAND CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3NB
Received 19 Aug 200518 RUSWARP GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2BA
Received 19 Aug 2005THE SURGERY STATION LANEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1BG
Received 19 Aug 20051 2 3Cobb Walk 8 Hazelwood Rise 4 7 8 9 Vollum Rise and 34 and 62 NorthgateHARTLEPOOLTS24 0SZ
Received 19 Aug 2005Clavering Estate (Various properties)Hartlepool
Received 19 Aug 2005OVERLANDS WORSET LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 22 Aug 2005Nuns Street And Throston Street
Received 17 Aug 200569 SPALDING ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JQ
Received 22 Aug 2005Rear of2A ELDON GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9QS
Received 22 Aug 200540 TARNSTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PQ
Received 23 Aug 200552 MOWBRAY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2NA
Received 23 Aug 2005REG VARDY BURN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1PN
Received 23 Aug 2005REG VARDY BURN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1PN
Received 23 Aug 200532 RYEHILL GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS26 0JJ
Received 24 Aug 200538 CAISTOR DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2QG
Received 23 Aug 200518 WESTBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5HS
Received 24 Aug 200557 WOOLER ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0DR
Received 24 Aug 2005Northgate/Middlegate/High StreetHartlepool
Received 1 Sept 2005Northgate/Middlegate/High StreetHartlepool
Received 1 Sept 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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