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.
2,853 approved · 416 refused · 129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Braeside Foxes Grove Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 1SR
Received Not published9 Shenfield Place Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AG
Received Not published95 Sawyers Grove Brentwood Essex CM15 9BD
Received Not publishedBraefoot Beggar Hill Fryerning Ingatestone Essex CM4 0PN
Received Not published99 Copperfield Gardens Brentwood Essex CM14 4UE
Received Not published40 Bishops Hall Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9NX
Received Not published157 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood Essex CM15 9QB
Received Not published184 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Brentwood Essex CM13 3TP
Received Not published1C Southall Way Brentwood Essex CM14 5LS
Received Not published50 Warley Hill Warley Essex CM14 5HA
Received Not published80 Long Ridings Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EG
Received Not published6 Windy Hill Hutton Essex CM13 2HF
Received Not published73 Westbury Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4JS
Received Not publishedOld Ways End 56 Oliver Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8PX
Received Not published59 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AH
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex
Received Not published51 Greenshaw Brentwood Essex CM14 4YD
Received Not published3 The Cobbles Brentwood Essex CM15 8BP
Received Not publishedWayside Alexander Lane Hutton Essex CM13 1AG
Received Not published1 Sir W Petre Almshouses High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HP
Received Not published2 Cornwall Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LX
Received Not published2A Sycamore Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4UG
Received Not publishedThe Bell High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0AT
Received Not publishedThe Bell High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0AT
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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