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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 OAKLAND AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5LD
Received 24 May 20061 DALESTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0PR
Received 24 May 2006HARTLEPOOL SIXTH FORM COLLEGE BLAKELOCK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5PF
Received 25 May 2006CIVIC CENTRE VICTORIA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 8AY
Received 1 Jun 2006TUNSTALL COURT GRANGE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0DT
Received 9 May 200624 TANKERVILLE STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8EY
Received 25 May 20068 HARVESTER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GD
Received 25 May 2006Belle Vue Service StationBELLE VUE WAYHARTLEPOOL
Received 25 May 2006FENS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL MOWBRAY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2LY
Received 30 May 20061 HAZELHEN CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0RE
Received 30 May 2006North Lodge WestWynyardBillingham
Received 30 May 20068 FULTHORP AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9QP
Received 23 Mar 2006HARTLEPOOL SIXTH FORM COLLEGE BLAKELOCK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5PF
Received 25 May 2006282 STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1JR
Received 31 May 20065 THURSBY GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JT
Received 31 May 2006Units K LMiddleton Grange Shopping CentreHartlepool
Received 26 May 2006FERN BECKBRIERTON MOORHOUSE FARM DALTON BACK LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 1 Jun 2006102 WELLDECK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8JT
Received 7 Jun 200620 BURNSTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0EU
Received 7 Jun 200614 CROWLAND ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JJ
Received 7 Jun 2006WHELLEY HILL FARM WORSET LANEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3BH
Received 1 Jun 200684 SANDBANKS DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9RS
Received 6 Jun 2006173 WYNYARD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 3LF
Received 7 Jun 200611 THORNBURY CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3RA
Received 5 Jun 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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