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.
2,967 approved · 433 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Wyatts Green Lane Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 152 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RT
Received Not publishedThe White Cottage Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedMitre House Shenfield Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not published49 Victors Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 2JA
Received Not published423 Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JG
Received Not published60 Hunter Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PF
Received Not publishedGents Farm Hulletts Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RX
Received Not published49 Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0BN
Received Not published106 Danes Way Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JU
Received Not publishedBrickhouse Farm Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SG
Received Not published2A Rye Walk Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AL
Received Not publishedWellmead Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JF
Received Not publishedWellmead Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JF
Received Not published5 School Lane Ingrave Essex CM13 3RB
Received Not publishedMillers Laundry Lane Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TE
Received Not publishedCar Park Opp Central Office Ford Motor Co Ltd Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not publishedHillcrest 7 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not published124 Woodman Road Warley Essex CM14 5AL
Received Not published77 Friars Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8HU
Received Not published8 Apple Gate Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM14 5PL
Received Not published45 Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TH
Received Not publishedThe Gables Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NN
Received Not publishedAlexandra House Mill Hill Shenfield Essex CM15 8EU
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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