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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2 approved · 1 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 SWALEBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JL
Received 2 Oct 20061 and 2BRINKBURN COURTHARTLEPOOLTS25 5TF
Received 5 Oct 2006FORMER NIRAMAX RECYCLING LTDMAINSFORTH TERRACEHARTLEPOOL
Received 9 Oct 200642C FORESTER CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JE
Received 5 Oct 2006108 KILDALE GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2AS
Received 5 Oct 200632 ELDON GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS26 9LY
Received 6 Oct 2006EDEN PARK SELF DRIVE HIRESEATON LANEHARTLEPOOLTS25 1JG
Received 9 Oct 2006224 STOCKTON ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 5DE
Received 6 Oct 200659 KESTEVEN ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2NJ
Received 9 Oct 200667 CROWLAND ROADHARTLEPOOLTS25 2JN
Received 9 Oct 200617 SWANAGE GROVEHARTLEPOOLTS24 9RR
Received 9 Oct 200612 WORSET LANEHARTLEPOOLHARTLEPOOLTS26 0LJ
Received 10 Oct 2006128 HONITON WAYHARTLEPOOLTS25 2PY
Received 11 Oct 20067 FAREHAM CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS25 2QS
Received 10 Oct 200616 FLAXTON STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 9JY
Received 10 Oct 20068 SOUTHBROOKE AVENUEHARTLEPOOLTS25 5JA
Received 11 Oct 20069 APPLEWOOD CLOSEHARTLEPOOLTS27 3JW
Received 11 Oct 200622A DUKE STREETHARTLEPOOLTS26 8PX
Received 11 Oct 200613 INGLEFIELDHARTLEPOOLTS25 1RN
Received 11 Oct 2006MAYFIELD HOUSE FRIAR TERRACEHARTLEPOOLTS24 0PF
Received 12 Oct 2006Junction ofOXFORD ROAD and STOCKTON ROAD HARTLEPOOL
Received 12 Oct 20062 ASHFIELD COTTAGESTHE DRIVEGREATHAMHARTLEPOOLTS25 2HJ
Received 12 Oct 200614 THE CRESCENTHARTLEPOOLTS26 8LY
Received 17 Oct 2006125 WELLDECK ROADHARTLEPOOLTS26 8JT
Received 17 Oct 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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