Councillors

Council leader Dave Bruce.

Council outlines changes as it switches to cabinet model

Victoria Ward Councillor Karen Oliver has called for more information on out of area placements.

Councillors call for more detail over people being placed in town

The Lodge Bar in Church Street.

Police objections scupper bar's bid to stay open later

The Tides of Change project aimed to provide increased and upgraded exhibition spaces in the Museum of Hartlepool.

Package of improvements to town museum axed after costs spiral

Hartlepool councillor Graham Harrison, second left, and Councillor Rob Darby, second right, are pictured with Permission Teesside land director Martin Mowbray and Persimmon Teesside managing director Frazer Thompson.

Hartlepool council buys homes on new development

Billingham West and Wolviston councillors Marcus Vickers, left, and David Reynard.

New twist in battle against plans for nearly 180 new homes

The site west of Coronation Drive, Seaton Carew where the new homes are planned.

More than 80 new homes approved for seafront site

Hartlepool Borough Council leader Councillor Graham Harrison.

How council decisions are made could change in months

The price rise will come into effect from September.

School meals price rise agreed by councillors

Left to right, councillors Leisa Smith, Sue Little and Peter Storey near to the site of the proposed energy waste plant.

Anger over 'appalling' plans for new £65m waste plant

Hartlepool Borough Council's local election count in 2024.

What can happen to council as voters go to polls

The Tipsy Doorman, in Church Street, Hartlepool, has lost its bid for a temporary 4am alcohol licence.

Bar's bid for temporary 4am booze licence is rejected

Hartlepool-based Cecil M Yuill Ltd has applied for outline planning permission for the construction of 475 new homes to the west of Hartlepool.

Further delay on 475-home planning proposal

The committee will meet at Hartlepool Civic Centre, Victoria Road.

Changes to social care charging recommended for approval

Ceremonial mayor of Hartlepool, councillor Carole Thompson, and consort, councillor Phil Holbrook, meet the University Hospitals Tees chair Derek Bell and ward staff.

Hartlepool hospital patients praise surgical centre

Hartlepool Borough Council is proposing to increase council home rents by 4.8%.

Rents for council homes set to rise by nearly 5%
A 4.8% rent increase for council homes in Hartlepool has moved a step closer.
Nic Marko

Gritting routes across Hartlepool are to be reviewed.

Town gritting routes to be reviewed

A computer-generated artist's impression of the proposed Hartlepool project.

Council facing unexpected legal bill after losing planning battle

Hartlepool council chiefs want more conditions around availability of alcohol.

Councillors voice alcohol health concerns in bid for more control

An aerial view of the site in Pelton, County Durham, where Bellway plans to build 79 new homes.

Councillors approve plans for 79-home development in Pelton, County Durham

An aerial view of the site in Pelton, County Durham, where Bellway plans to build 79 new homes.

Councillors approve plans for 79-home development in Pelton, County Durham

Figures show up to 71% of adults in Hartlepool are overweight.

Over 70% of Hartlepool adults overweight according to survey

A computer-generated image of how the Northern Studios and production village could look once work is completed .Photo via Hartlepool Borough Council and Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Timeline for £33.5m film and TV proposals for town

Hartlepool Borough Council's Armed Forces Champion Cllr Chris Wallace.

Forces veterans' access to GP services comes under the miscroscope

An extension of Hartlepool's Stranton Cemetry is set to be brought forward.

Plans to extend town cemetery over capacity issues

A new convenience store is set to open at 77 Church Street, Hartlepool, which was formerly a beauty salon.

Pubs lose bid to stop new shop from selling alcohol

Stock image from Pixabay of a bottle of beer at a beach.

Call for outdoor drinking ban after '5,000 complaints'
Calls have been made for new rules to be put in place to prevent people from drinking in public places, after ‘thousands of complaints’ were received in Seaton Carew.
Nic Marko

Hartlepool Borough Council

Council seeks tougher powers to punish bootleg cigarette and vape sellers

Persimmon Homes has issued a new CGI photo of how the homes at Hart Reservoirs may look.

How new Hartlepool houses will look after plans are approved

High Throston Golf Club. Pic via Google Maps.

Golf club granted alcohol licence after fears are rejected

Hartlepool's historic Headland is part of a conservation area.

Call for changes to conservation area planning applications

The former bus shelter in Station Lane, Hartlepool, will not be restored.

Bid to restore bus shelter targeted by vandals is rejected

The Borough Hall, on the Headland.

Venues attracting 'really strong' numbers ahead of £3m investment

The Tipsy Doorman, in 56 Church Street, Hartlepool, is seeking a permanent 4am alcohol licence Pic Via Google Maps

Town centre bar seeks 4am alcohol licence following trial period

Hartlepool Borough Council leader Brenda Harrison. Pic via Hartlepool Borough Council.

Leaders to reject recommended rise in councillors' allowances

Hospital campaigner Glen Hughes concerned over maternity services being paused for three months at University Hospital of Hartlepool.

Three-month pause in delivery of babies at Hartlepool hospital

New figures estimate the percentage of reception and Year 6 pupils in Hartlepool who are classed as obese.

New town childhood obesity figures revealed

Hart reservoir housing plans to be decided

Clockwise from top, The improved £9.2m cycling routes will include better links to the new Highlight leisure centre, Burn Valley Gardens and transport interchange.

New Hartlepool £9.2m cycling routes are approved

A deal has been confirmed for Hartlepool Borough Council to sell land at Hart to a local developer.

Sale of Hartlepool council land at Hart to housing developer is approved

A library picture of fly tipping at the rear of West View Road, in Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID.

Fly tipping and dog fouling is costing council 'a fortune'

The Raby Arms has won permission to use a converted barn as a function room.

Pub wins battle to use converted barn as function room

The Belle Vue convenience Store, Hartlepool . Picture by FRANK REID

Shop licence revoked over illegal alcohol and vapes

WASPI campaigners and councillors at Hartlepool Borough Council meeting.

Councillors pledge support to Waspi women

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner pictured during a visit to Hartlepool in 2023.

Councillors write to Deputy PM in bid to change council tax system

Rents for council properties at Hartlepool Borough Council are to rise by 2.7% from April 2025.

2.7% council home rise is approved

Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash, far left, with Labour councillors and suppporters.

Hartlepool MP's latest weekly column

The Tipsy Doorman, in Church Street, Hartlepool, has received a 4am alcohol licence for the next six months.

Hartlepool bar granted new 4am alcohol licence

Seaton Carew's Christmas tree may not be displayed in 2025 as part of potential council savings.

Christmas trees under threat as part of council cuts

The Headland. Picture by FRANK REID

Conservation area window concerns rumble on

Hartlepool's historic Headland. Picture by FRANK REID

Conservation area management plans approved

Hartlepool outdoor market has been running on Thursdays for many years.

Outdoor market given last chance to survive

START substance misuse treatment centre, in Whitby Street, Hartlepool, is to be replaced by a new £3.6m building on the same site. Picture by FRANK REID

Substance misuse treatment centre to be rebuilt on current site

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Another 700,000 is needed to repair Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre.

Another £700,000 to be spent on Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre

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