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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
AREA 6CMIDDLE WARREN (WATERCRESS)HARTLEPOOL
Received 2 Jun 200619 BIRCHILL GARDENSHARTLEPOOLTS26 0JT
Received 5 Jun 200629 ORMESBY ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1NF
Received 5 Jun 200610 INGLEFIELDHARTLEPOOLTS25 1RN
Received 6 Jun 2006AMERSTON HILL COAL LANEHARTLEPOOL
Received 5 Jun 200646 RELTON WAYHARTLEPOOLTS26 0BB
Received 6 Jun 200622 FRONT STREETGREATHAMHARTLEPOOLHARTLEPOOLTS25 2ES
Received 5 Jun 200625 THE GREENELWICKHARTLEPOOLTS27 3EF
Received 12 Jun 200618 WILTON AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9PT
Received 9 Jun 200639 41 MURRAY STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PQ
Received 6 Jun 200658 SWALEBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JL
Received 7 Jun 200615 BURWELL WALKHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JF
Received 7 Jun 2006Area 6C Bishop CuthbertMiddle Warren
Received 9 Jun 200622 SISKIN CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0SR
Received 9 Jun 200658 AVENUE ROADHARTLEPOOLTS24 8AT
Received 9 Jun 200624 BROWNING AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5PS
Received 8 Jun 2006CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS CATCOTE ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 12 Jun 200636 KESTREL CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0SP
Received 22 May 2006158 YORK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 9DT
Received 12 Jun 2006A19 Services (Northbound))ElwickHartlepool
Received 12 Jun 200660 SPALDING ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JR
Received 12 Jun 200654 OAKLAND AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5LD
Received 12 Jun 2006SEATON MEADOWS LANDFILL SITE BRENDA ROADHARTLEPOOLHARTLEPOOL
Received 13 Jun 2006Country ParkWynyard WoodsBillingham
Received 23 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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