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.
2,994 approved · 437 refused · 137 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hill Farm Childerditch Street Little Warley Essex CM13 3EG
Received Not publishedThe Retreat Tally-ho Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1SP
Received Not published7 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PN
Received Not published151 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AA
Received Not publishedAshwells Farm Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedWarley Hall Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not publishedWarley Hall Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not published17-19 Byron Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SA
Received Not publishedGreen Farm Courtyard Albyns Lane Navestock Essex RM4 1RX
Received Not publishedHayes House 2 Long Meadow Hutton Essex CM13 2HJ
Received Not publishedDudbrook Hall Residential Home Dudbrook Road Navestock Essex CM14 5TQ
Received Not publishedBirley Grange Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not publishedPooks Hill Riseway Brentwood Essex CM15 8BG
Received Not publishedThe Old Beer House Beggar Hill Fryerning Essex CM4 0PL
Received Not publishedThe Limes School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DL
Received Not published1 Tennyson Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SJ
Received Not publishedThe Barn 2 Stock Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EP
Received Not publishedPark Farm Weald Park Way South Weald Essex CM14 5QH
Received Not published233 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8LE
Received Not publishedThe Grange Cottage Back Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HW
Received Not publishedPrinces Gate Farm Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedWescar Hunters Chase Hutton Essex CM13 1SN
Received Not publishedBrigade Head Quarters Rayleigh Close Hutton Essex CM13 1AL
Received Not published1 Chatham Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4DZ
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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