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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13NEWARK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JU
Received 30 Aug 20066THE VALEHARTLEPOOLTS26 0AA
Received 31 Aug 200612 COLLEGE CLOSEDALTON PIERCYHARTLEPOOLTS27 3JA
Received 1 Sept 200641 KILDALE GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AG
Received 30 Aug 20065 GALA CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1GA
Received 30 Aug 2006100 MARINE DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0DT
Received 30 Aug 200665 HUTTON AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9PP
Received 30 Aug 20068 TORCROSS CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3ND
Received 1 Sept 200615 GOSHAWK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 0RA
Received 31 Aug 200610 SYDENHAM ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 1QB
Received 31 Aug 200615 MERRIMAN GREENHARTLEPOOLTS24 9QR
Received 1 Sept 200657 BRECONGILL CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS24 8PH
Received 1 Sept 2006THE GREENSIDESTOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2PG
Received 1 Sept 200641 FELIXSTOWE CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2RE
Received 4 Sept 2006311 STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DF
Received 4 Sept 200614 MERRIMAN GREENHARTLEPOOLTS24 9QR
Received 1 Sept 2006813 STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2PJ
Received 5 Sept 200672 BRIGANDINE CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1ES
Received 6 Sept 2006LAND EAST OFHUNTER HOUSE FARM TEES ROADHARTLEPOOL
Received 6 Sept 2006WHITE COTTAGE FRONT STREETHARTHARTLEPOOLTS27 3AW
Received 6 Sept 20065 and 6REDWOOD CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3QN
Received 6 Sept 2006244 OXFORD ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5QQ
Received 7 Sept 200619 FRENSHAM DRIVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5BY
Received 8 Sept 200624 CROXTON AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2QF
Received 11 Sept 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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