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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PLUMB CENTRE BURN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1PN
Received 12 Dec 200527 BERWICK STREETHARTLEPOOLTS25 1BW
Received 14 Dec 2005LAND BETWEEN10 11WESTMORELAND WALKHARTLEPOOL
Received 9 Dec 200529 BROOMHILL GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS26 0JP
Received 6 Dec 2005HILLCRESTELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS27 3EB
Received 14 Dec 20056 QUEENSLAND ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1ND
Received 13 Dec 200511 SOUTH DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 8NQ
Received 13 Dec 200515HILLSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PE
Received 16 Dec 2005191 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EE
Received 14 Dec 2005LETCH FARM STOCKTON ROADBILLINGHAMTS22 5PQ
Received 14 Dec 200548 CHURCH STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7EH
Received 13 Dec 2005202 204YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EB
Received 14 Dec 2005145 MILTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8EA
Received 15 Dec 20053 BURNS CLOSEHARTHARTLEPOOLTS27 3AT
Received 14 Dec 20055 MAYFLOWER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0XY
Received 15 Dec 20052 BLACKMORE WALKHARTLEPOOLTS25 4QA
Received 21 Dec 200581 SPALDING ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JQ
Received 19 Dec 20051MEADOW DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AY
Received 22 Dec 20055 STOWMARKET CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RB
Received 20 Dec 2005UNIT B1SOVEREIGN PARK BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1HT
Received 20 Dec 20051 TOPCLIFFE STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8LL
Received 20 Dec 2005SHU-LIN ELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0BQ
Received 20 Dec 2005OWTON FENS FARM BUNGALOW CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RL
Received 21 Dec 20052 ONYX CLOSESEATON CAREWHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GP
Received 21 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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