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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 KEBOCK WALKHARTLEPOOLTS25 3LS
Received 25 Apr 2006CRANWELL MOTORS MAINSFORTH TERRACEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1TZ
Received 25 Apr 2006102 COLWYN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9BE
Received 10 May 200639 THORNBURY CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3RA
Received 2 May 20061 VERNER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9RD
Received 27 Apr 20069 11HART LANEHARTLEPOOLTS26 8RJ
Received 27 Apr 2006JUNCTION NORTH OF MIDDLEGATE NORTHGATEHARTLEPOOL
Received 24 Apr 200623 KINGSLEY AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5PQ
Received 28 Apr 200629 WILTON AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9PT
Received 28 Apr 20065 MAYFLOWER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0XY
Received 2 May 200612 SADDLESTON CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0EZ
Received 28 Apr 2006F PEART CO LTDBALTIC STREETHARTLEPOOLTS25 1PS
Received 28 Apr 2006Lamposts OutsideCarlton Club Marco Polo Welcome Finance And 71 York RoadHartlepool
Received 28 Apr 2006TeesportMiddlesbrough
Received 2 May 200614 LINGDALE DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AJ
Received 5 May 2006BRIERTON FARM BRIERTON LANEBILLINGHAMTS22 5PP
Received 8 May 2006LAND ADJOININGOLD COACH HOUSE BURN VALLEY GARDENSELWICK ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 8 May 2006Former Filling StationClarence RoadHartlepool
Received 2 May 2006ASHFIELD FARM DALTON BACK LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 28 Apr 2006BAKER PETROLITETOFTS FARM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WEST BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2BQ
Received 2 May 2006North Lodge EastWynyardTS22 5NQ
Received 2 May 200633 34Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
Received 3 May 2006On The Corner ofThe WyndWynyardBillingham
Received 27 Apr 20069 JOHN HOWE GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS24 9NQ
Received 4 May 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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