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H/2026/0153 - Full - Major application Approved
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Received
15 May 2026
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Approved
27 Oct 2026

Approved on 27 Oct 2026 · Last checked 27 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
North Gare to South Bents across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Special protection area about 37 m away: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI about 37 m away: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument about 227 m away: Town Wall and Sandwell Gate; Inside the Hartlepool built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 - Major application
Postcode
TS24 0AE
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Aug 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
27 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
LDA DESIGN

How this decision compares

Decided in 165 days from validation, 105 days slower than Hartlepool's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 96% of full applications here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
161decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
THE OLD YACHT CLUB FERRY ROAD HARTLEPOOL TS24 0AE
Non Material Amendment to planning permission H/2022/0009 (Demolition of existing structu…
H/2024/0161
2024 Approved
THE OLD YACHT CLUB FERRY ROAD HARTLEPOOL TS24 0AE
Discharge of conditions 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of planning permission H/2022/0009…
D/2024/0005
2022 Refused
THE OLD YACHT CLUB FERRY ROAD HARTLEPOOL TS24 0AE
Demolition of existing structure and construction of artificial nesting structures for ki…
H/2022/0009
2021 Approved
THE OLD YACHT CLUB FERRY ROAD HARTLEPOOL TS24 0AE
Screening Opinion Request in respect of two Kittiwake Artificial Nesting Structures (ANS)
H/2021/0405
Hartlepool
Planning Authority Score
3.3/10
Poor
#223 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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