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.
2,961 approved · 433 refused · 135 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 The Dell Great Warley Essex CM13 3AL
Received Not published146 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not published5 Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AA
Received Not published14 Baymans Wood Shenfield Essex CM15 8BT
Received Not publishedSwinburne Lower Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TR
Received Not publishedLand At Doddinghurst Road Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedVirginia House Frog Street Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0JL
Received Not published27 St Marys Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PY
Received Not publishedStanding Stone Beehive Chase Hook End Essex CM15 0PA
Received Not published2 Sycamore Close Great Warley Essex CM13 3FJ
Received Not published56 Spurgate Hutton Essex CM13 2JT
Received Not publishedChurchwood Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LD
Received Not published91 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QP
Received Not publishedThrushes 15 Highland Avenue Brentwood Essex CM15 9DD
Received Not published75 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RP
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 publishedLand At Brizes Corner Field Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not published1 Hillside Walk Brentwood Essex CM14 4RA
Received Not publishedBrentwood County Ground Club The Old County Ground Shenfield Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8AJ
Received Not published50 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PS
Received Not publishedFeremina 19 The Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2AD
Received Not publishedChaseside Hardings Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HZ
Received Not publishedRose Cottage 12 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EE
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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