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.
2,833 approved · 416 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Masons Restaurant 155-157 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AA
Received Not publishedDoddinghurst C Of E Junior School Church Lane Doddinghurst Brentwood Essex CM15 0NJ
Received Not published20 Fox Hatch Kelvedon Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 0AR
Received Not published12 Jason Close Brentwood Essex CM14 4PG
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 167 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8SA
Received Not publishedLittle Jericho Church Street Blackmore Ingatestone Essex CM4 0RN
Received Not published18 Shevon Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4PJ
Received Not publishedWillowmere Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9SA
Received Not publishedWillowmere Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9SA
Received Not published6 Westbury Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4JZ
Received Not published54 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2HT
Received Not publishedRearlands Farm Chivers Road Stondon Massey Brentwood Essex CM15 0LJ
Received Not publishedErmyntrude 41 Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Ermyntrude Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AA
Received Not published211 Rayleigh Road Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 1LZ
Received Not published35 Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex CM14 5NL
Received Not publishedThe Coppice Church Lane Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 1SA
Received Not published43 Pondfield Lane Brentwood Essex CM13 2BY
Received Not publishedLittle Oaks 14 Hillwood Grove Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 2PD
Received Not publishedFormer Ingatestone Garden Centre Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AU
Received Not publishedRoseland Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedUnit 3A East Horndon Business Park Tilbury Road West Horndon Brentwood Essex CM13 3LR
Received Not publishedLong Plantation Rear Of Hernshaw Herongate Essex
Received Not published22 Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 0BL
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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