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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 3JUBILEE HOUSE YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EN
Received 1 Dec 2005GOLDEN LION DUNSTON ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 2 Dec 2005OWTON MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL ESKDALE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4BT
Received 28 Nov 2005123 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9DL
Received 6 Dec 200529 PARK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 7PW
Received 2 Dec 20051 WASDALE CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 8RF
Received 2 Dec 20052 TANFIELD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DD
Received 2 Dec 2005QUEENS MEADOW NURSING HOME STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DF
Received 5 Dec 20052 MOWBRAY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LY
Received 5 Dec 2005195 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EE
Received 5 Dec 2005ELIZABETH WAY SHOPSELIZABETH WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 5 Dec 2005171 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EQ
Received 5 Dec 2005201YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EE
Received 5 Dec 2005Plot 284Wynyard WoodsBillingham
Received 6 Dec 2005SIR WILLIAM GRAY HOUSE CLARENCE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 8BT
Received 21 Nov 200542 BILSDALE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AH
Received 8 Dec 200530BRANDON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LN
Received 13 Dec 200533BRIERTON LANEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DN
Received 12 Dec 20053 BARFORD CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RQ
Received 7 Dec 200568 BILSDALE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AH
Received 7 Dec 2005MICK'S FISH BAR63 BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1QQ
Received 8 Dec 2005Rear 21MURRAY STREET 41 GROSVENOR STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PF
Received 8 Dec 20051EGERTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0BL
Received 20 Dec 20052HILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PE
Received 15 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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