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.
2,987 approved · 436 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
269 Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UH
Received Not published198 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DX
Received Not published25 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RD
Received Not published13 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TT
Received Not published73 Pondfield Lane Brentwood Essex CM13 2DA
Received Not publishedQuince Hall Chelmsford Road Blackmore Essex
Received Not published1 Meadsway Great Warley Essex CM13 3DQ
Received Not published8 Chapel Croft Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BU
Received Not publishedCornerways Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PJ
Received Not published25 Queens Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4HE
Received Not published35-36 Reeves Close Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0EB
Received Not publishedBirley Grange Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not published1 Waterloo Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4XB
Received Not published34 Shevon Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4PJ
Received Not publishedSunshine 65 Cricketers Lane Herongate Essex CM13 3QB
Received Not published4 Chelmsford Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0SF
Received Not published24 Robin Hood Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9EN
Received Not published3 Marks Close Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AR
Received Not published15 Cricketers Lane Herongate Essex CM13 3PZ
Received Not published39 Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RU
Received Not publishedThe Chase 8 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DE
Received Not publishedBrentwood Hard Court Tennis Club Childerditch Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3FD
Received Not published6 Rose Valley Brentwood Essex CM14 4HZ
Received Not published270 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PX
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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