Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Brentwood Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,819 approved · 409 refused · 127 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
157 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9QB
Received Not published41 Pondfield Lane Brentwood Essex CM13 2BY
Received Not published7 Dunmow Gardens West Horndon Brentwood Essex CM13 3NL
Received Not published129 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RZ
Received Not published129 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RZ
Received Not publishedHernshaw Cottage 36 Billericay Road Herongate Brentwood Essex CM13 3PS
Received Not publishedTreardour Hook End Road Hook End Essex CM15 0HA
Received Not published8 Roman Close Mountnessing Brentwood Essex CM15 0UT
Received Not published4 Junction Road Warley Essex CM14 5JN
Received Not publishedDomestic Accommodation Greenacres Riding Stables Beads Hall Lane Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9QP
Received Not published2 Chestnuts Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2PA
Received Not published6 Goldings Cottages Great Warley Street Great Warley Brentwood Essex CM13 3JN
Received Not published90 Shenfield Place Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published8 Willow Close Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2NT
Received Not publishedHutton Lodge Brockley Grove Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2JJ
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of 32 Park Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TX
Received Not published33 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RG
Received Not published33 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RG
Received Not publishedAlbany 26 Leafy Way Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2QW
Received Not publishedIngleton House Stock Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DY
Received Not publishedLaburnham Cottage Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9SA
Received Not publishedRose Cottage 215 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2QG
Received Not published4 Westbury Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4JZ
Received Not published91 Danes Way Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9JT
Received Not publishedRecords 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 Brentwood 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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