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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SWS LTD THOMLINSON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1NS
Received 18 Nov 200526 CHURCH STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7DH
Received 18 Nov 200517 THETFORD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JG
Received 21 Nov 2005Plot 33WORSET LANEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0LJ
Received 21 Nov 20058 CAIRN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 3AH
Received 28 Nov 2005ELWICK WINDMILL BENKNOWLE LANEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3HF
Received 25 Nov 200524 ARNCLIFFE GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS26 9JG
Received 25 Nov 200548 CHURCH STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7EH
Received 22 Nov 200526 HARVESTER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GD
Received 22 Nov 2005WOODBURN LODGE BLAKELOCK GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS25 5QW
Received 7 Nov 2005ELWICK WINDMILL BENKNOWLE LANEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3HF
Received 28 Nov 2005BARNARD GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOLBARNARD GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9SD
Received 28 Nov 200526 STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1RL
Received 22 Nov 200543 MIDDLETON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 8DX
Received 23 Nov 2005Area 7A (Compound Area) 1-15 Snowdrop Road, 24-30 Bluebell WayMiddle WarrenHartlepool7bTS26 0WG
Received 25 Nov 2005Rear of2A ELDON GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9QS
Received 1 Dec 2005ORD LTD TOWER STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7HH
Received 25 Nov 200536 FORESTER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1JE
Received 28 Nov 20055 MAYFLOWER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0XY
Received 28 Nov 2005141 CHESTER ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0HZ
Received 28 Nov 2005ST PAULS CHURCH HALL MURRAY STREETHARTLEPOOL
Received 30 Nov 2005123 125KING OSWY DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9PH
Received 29 Nov 200572 GULLIVER ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4AL
Received 1 Dec 20054ACORNWALL STREETHARTLEPOOLTS25 5RF
Received 5 Dec 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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