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.
3,009 approved · 441 refused · 137 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Creswell House 53 Rose Valley Brentwood Essex CM14 4HT
Received Not publishedSwallows Cross Farm Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex
Received Not publishedBirley Grange Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not publishedClay Hall Days Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SJ
Received Not published1 Pilgrims Cottage Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RZ
Received Not publishedMeadow Farm Beggar Hill Fryerning Essex CM4 0PG
Received Not published10 St Ninians Alexander Lane Hutton Essex CM13 1AG
Received Not publishedHill House Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
Received Not published1 La Plata Grove Brentwood Essex CM14 4LA
Received Not published41 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1ET
Received Not published77 Heybridge Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AQ
Received Not published5 School Lane Ingrave Essex CM13 3RB
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not published4 Wingfield Close Brentwood Essex CM13 2BT
Received Not publishedPenny Pots Barn Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0EA
Received Not published37 Iris Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QF
Received Not publishedClay Hall Days Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SJ
Received Not publishedBrora Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
Received Not published68 Elizabeth Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NZ
Received Not publishedClay Hall Days Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SJ
Received Not publishedThe Mesken Bar & Grill (Formerly The Plough) 570 Rayleigh Road Hutton Brentwood Essex CM13 1SG
Received Not publishedEaglesfield The Retreat Hutton Essex CM13 1AN
Received Not published51 Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PU
Received Not publishedCentral House Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
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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