Here we spotlight just some of what is proposed while also recalling artistic impressions of schemes from yesteryear which did not quite happen – yet.
9. What's inside?
The multi-million pound premises, adjacent to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, will include an eight-lane main pool, a four-lane learner pool with movable floor and a leisure pool including a race slide and water play features. Photo: Other 3rd Party
10. All change
This is how Hartlepool's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre will look after a wider £25m Hartlepool Town Deal project to improve the town received government funding in 2023. Photo: Other 3rd Party
11. The Mill House Masterplan
The £100m scheme included a new 3,000-seat stand complete with hotel at Hartlepool United's Victoria Park ground plus an upgraded Mill House swimming pool. Pools' ownership changes saw the 2013 idea fade although the club and council are now working together on new regeneration plans. Photo: Richard Mennear
12. Wynyard super hospital
Plans for a new hospital to replace Hartlepool and Stockton's existing hospitals were scrapped after the Tory-Lib Dem coalition took office in 2010. Photo: Other 3rd Party