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.
2,952 approved · 431 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
64 The Paddocks Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BH
Received Not published176 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HT
Received Not published5 Burnthouse Lane Mountnessing Essex CM4 9AN
Received Not published176 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HT
Received Not publishedThorndon Hall Thorndon Park Ingrave Essex
Received Not publishedThorndon Hall Thorndon Park Ingrave Essex
Received Not published25 Crossways Shenfield Essex CM15 8QX
Received Not publishedLand At Wates Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not published22 Luthers Close Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DJ
Received Not published12 Rye Walk Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AL
Received Not publishedMccolls House Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9ST
Received Not published38 Middleton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DJ
Received Not published228 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QF
Received Not publishedLand At Wates Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedWoodside House Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0JD
Received Not publishedFormer Topps Tiles 38 Brook Street Brentwood Essex CM14 5LX
Received Not publishedThe Stable House Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HS
Received Not publishedCedar House Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5ST
Received Not publishedJubilee Cottage Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HS
Received Not published93 - 95 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JE
Received Not published93 - 95 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JE
Received Not publishedBluebell Cottage Outings Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0LZ
Received Not published66 Costead Manor Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4YN
Received Not published1 Nethergate 39 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1AJ
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage