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.
2,887 approved · 422 refused · 133 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
140 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JR
Received Not published51 William Hunter Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4WQ
Received Not published51 William Hunter Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4WQ
Received Not published15 Windmill Way Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0XJ
Received Not published60 Hunter Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PF
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stocks Lane Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not published1 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PN
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 publishedOutside Front Entrance Of Brentwood Train Station Warley Hill Warley Essex
Received Not publishedOutside 27-29 High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedOutside 12 High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not published68A Shenfield Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8EW
Received Not publishedBrentwood Football Club Brentwood Centre Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NN
Received Not publishedBramleys Orchard Little Warley Hall Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3EU
Received Not published23 Whadden Chase Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HF
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not published4 Watlington Gardens Great Warley Essex CM13 3FA
Received Not publishedTimbertop Weald Road South Weald Essex CM14 5QJ
Received Not publishedMcColls House (Millfield Park) Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published35 Clifton Way Hutton Essex CM13 2QR
Received Not published10 The Dell Great Warley Essex CM13 3AL
Received Not published9 Baymans Wood Shenfield Essex CM15 8BT
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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