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H/2025/0426 - Full Plans Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of a single storey sauna outbuilding to rear garden (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Committee
22 Apr 2026
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Approved
22 Apr 2026

Approved on 22 Apr 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hartlepool Planning Committee on 22 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the sauna would not harm the area’s character or neighbouring amenity.
  • One neighbour objected over size, fire and safety, while one supported the sauna and another did not object.
  • The committee approved the application by majority show of hands, subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hartlepool's committee minutes of 22 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Tees Estuary Recovering Nature (TERN); Inside the Hartlepool built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hartlepool
Application type
Full Plans Application
Postcode
TS25 1DH
Received
22 Dec 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Apr 2026
Decision
FULLAPP
Decision date
22 Apr 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 35 days slower than Hartlepool's median of 86 for extensions. Approved, as 100% of extensions here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
76decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Hartlepool in the last twelve months, from validation. Hartlepool decision record →

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
65 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
single storey rear and side extension.
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2024 Approved
24 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Erection of a two storey side extension and extension of driveway.
H/2024/0271
2023 Approved
24 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Single storey porch extension to front elevation and conversion of garage to habitable ro…
H/2023/0153
2021 Approved
75 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Single storey rear extension
H/2021/0153
2019 Approved
32 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
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H/2019/0484
2019 Approved
26 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Erection of a first floor extension at the side and a single storey extension at the rear
H/2019/0477
2018 Approved
79 ARK ROYAL CLOSE HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Demolition of conservatory to rear and boundary wall to side, erection of single storey e…
H/2018/0364
2016 Approved
10 Ark Royal Close HARTLEPOOL TS25 1DH
Demolition of conservatory and erection of a single storey extension at the rear
H/2016/0171
Hartlepool
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#223 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hartlepool is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #227 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Hartlepool decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #55 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #129 of 296
52%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #227 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #240 of 296
91%
Minor dwellings approved
11 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
12 decided
224
Total decisions
15 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings