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.
2,877 approved · 419 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of East Horndon Hall Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex CM13 3LR
Received Not publishedLand North Of Woollard Way Nine Ashes Road Blackmore Essex
Received Not publishedLondon Brentwood Commercial Park Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex CM13 3LR
Received Not published133 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JR
Received Not publishedChadstone Shelley Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SF
Received Not published3 Roundwood Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NE
Received Not published17 Priests Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 8BU
Received Not published1 Tennyson Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SJ
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not publishedPotential Development Site Between Carmel And Hospital Cottage Mascalls Lane Great Warley Essex
Received Not publishedCanterbury Tye Hall Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SD
Received Not publishedCadent Gas Ingatestone Yard Adjacent To Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BW
Received Not published94 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BA
Received Not publishedRiverbank Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0SR
Received Not publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stocks Lane Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedAshridge Nine Ashes Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0QW
Received Not published83 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PP
Received Not publishedHutton And Shenfield Tennis Club Brockley Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2JJ
Received Not published15 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RD
Received Not publishedCar Park Opp Central Office Ford Motor Co Ltd Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not published1A Alpha Road Hutton Essex CM13 1NJ
Received Not published7 Orchard Piece Blackmore Essex CM4 0RX
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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