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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 OXFORD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5SQ
Received 8 Mar 2006Potter Farm9 The GreenElwickHartlepool
Received 8 Mar 200618 GALA CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GA
Received 10 Mar 200633A TANKERVILLE STREET AND 120 ALMA STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8JD
Received 9 Mar 200650 HIGH STREET (GREATHAM)HARTLEPOOLTS25 2EN
Received 10 Mar 2006113 DURHAM STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 0HU
Received 10 Mar 200650 HIGH STREET (GREATHAM)HARTLEPOOLTS25 2EN
Received 10 Mar 200617 MOOR TERRACEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0PS
Received 17 Mar 200640 BROWNING AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5PS
Received 10 Mar 200622 TEMPEST ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 9QH
Received 10 Mar 2006Elwick Village Shop And Post Office33 The GreenElwickTS27 3EF
Received 10 Mar 2006472 CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RA
Received 10 Mar 2006182 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9EA
Received 13 Mar 200669A ELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9AW
Received 13 Mar 2006HARTLEPOOL OLD BOYS R F C MAYFIELD PARK EASINGTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 9BA
Received 14 Mar 20062 HOUGHTON STREETHARTLEPOOLTS24 7QP
Received 14 Mar 200619 MOWBRAY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LZ
Received 14 Mar 200629 WILTON AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9PT
Received 15 Mar 200633 FORFAR ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 4DF
Received 16 Mar 2006125 ELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9BQ
Received 15 Mar 20068 TORCROSS CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3ND
Received 15 Mar 200617 FELIXSTOWE CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RE
Received 16 Mar 20065 MAYFLOWER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0XY
Received 16 Mar 2006BRIERTON MOORHOUSE FARM DALTON BACK LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 16 Mar 2006Records 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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