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.
2,826 approved · 410 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 8RL
Received Not published43 Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TH
Received Not publishedLand At Chitral Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Brentwood Essex CM15 0SS
Received Not published16 Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BN
Received Not published16 Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BN
Received Not published127 Woodland Avenue Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 1HL
Received Not publishedBrook Lodge Riseway Brentwood Essex CM15 8BG
Received Not publishedSouth Lodge Little Hyde Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0HJ
Received Not publishedForty Acre Farm Albyns Lane Navestock Romford Essex RM4 1RT
Received Not published11 Middle Green Doddinghurst Brentwood Essex CM15 0QT
Received Not published60 Surman Crescent Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2PW
Received Not publishedThe Laurels 30 Whadden Chase Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HF
Received Not publishedWaterworks Spring Farm Dagwood Lane Doddinghurst Brentwood Essex CM15 0RX
Received Not publishedWaterworks Spring Farm Dagwood Lane Doddinghurst Brentwood Essex CM15 0RX
Received Not publishedCloverley Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Brentwood Essex CM15 0PT
Received Not published69 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9PU
Received Not published103 Shenfield Place Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published7 South Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QZ
Received Not publishedWestbury 169 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4SD
Received Not publishedFoxdale Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Brentwood Essex CM15 0PT
Received Not publishedFairacres Stock Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9QL
Received Not publishedThe Courage Hall Middleton Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 8EE
Received Not publishedWidbrook Wyatts Green Lane Wyatts Green Brentwood Essex CM15 0PY
Received Not publishedRosedale Magpie Lane Little Warley Brentwood Essex CM13 3DZ
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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