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.
2,942 approved · 431 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Selwood Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4PX
Received Not published21 Park Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2QL
Received Not published78 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8NB
Received Not published42 Whittington Road Hutton Essex CM13 1JX
Received Not publishedThe Granary 4 - 6 Crescent Road Warley Essex CM14 5JR
Received Not publishedFlood Storage Area North Of Shonks Mill Bridge Shonks Mill Road Navestock Essex
Received Not published11 & 12 Prospect Way, 47 & 49 Tallon Road Hutton Essex CM13 1XD
Received Not published51 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QU
Received Not publishedSt Thomas Church Shonks Mill Road Navestock Essex
Received Not published34 Birkbeck Road Hutton Essex CM13 1JP
Received Not published211 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LZ
Received Not publishedOld Basing 16 Alwyne Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8QT
Received Not published669 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1SS
Received Not publishedTower Cottages 48 Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not published51 Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PU
Received Not published27 The Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2AD
Received Not published35 Walton Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1EJ
Received Not published35 Walton Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1EJ
Received Not published6 Kilmington Close Hutton Essex CM13 2JZ
Received Not published57 Robin Hood Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9EL
Received Not published6 Long Ridings Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1DZ
Received Not published6 Copper Beeches Warley Hill Warley Essex CM14 5HW
Received Not published27 Mount Pleasant Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1PW
Received Not published149 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QJ
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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