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.
2,883 approved · 421 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willow Pond Hook End Lane Hook End Essex CM15 0HD
Received Not published72 Long Ridings Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EH
Received Not published8 Apple Gate Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM14 5PL
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not published23 St Nicholas Grove Ingrave Essex CM13 3RA
Received Not published23 St Nicholas Grove Ingrave Essex CM13 3RA
Received Not published151 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HL
Received Not published5 Hartswood Road Warley Essex CM14 5AA
Received Not publishedFourwinds 40 Heronway Hutton Essex CM13 2LG
Received Not published49 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PW
Received Not published99 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RR
Received Not publishedCourtyard Barn Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SS
Received Not publishedEaglesfield The Retreat Hutton Essex CM13 1AN
Received Not published75 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HN
Received Not publishedBlackmore Baptist Church The Green Blackmore Essex CM4 0RT
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 1 Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex CM14 5NJ
Received Not published62 - 66 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AX
Received Not publishedGeary House & The Pines Geary Drive Brentwood Essex CM15 9DS
Received Not publishedGreenways Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NP
Received Not published30 Norton Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 0AB
Received Not published74 Danes Way Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JT
Received Not publishedCar Park Opp Central Office Ford Motor Co Ltd Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not published640 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1SJ
Received Not publishedSpire Hartswood Hospital Warley Road Great Warley Essex CM13 3LE
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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