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.
3,017 approved · 443 refused · 138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RL
Received Not publishedWilsons Corner 1 - 5 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedEndeavour School Hogarth Avenue Brentwood Essex CM15 8BE
Received Not published58 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1BA
Received Not publishedWynbarn Oaks 148B Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RT
Received Not published60 Hutton Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2RP
Received Not published3 Abbots Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8LT
Received Not published64 Fielding Way Hutton Essex CM13 1JN
Received Not published134 Crow Green Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RP
Received Not published25 Ardleigh Court Shenfield Essex CM15 8LZ
Received Not published181 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QN
Received Not published1 The Meads Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9GL
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not published13 Gerrard Crescent Brentwood Essex CM14 4JU
Received Not publishedLobelia School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DH
Received Not published70 Mount Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5DD
Received Not publishedBirley Grange Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not publishedPoplar Hall Poplar Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1YU
Received Not publishedPoplar Hall Poplar Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1YU
Received Not publishedRawdon 15 Herington Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NN
Received Not published53 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1ET
Received Not publishedHazelmere North Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1SH
Received Not published34 Chase Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4LG
Received Not published34 Chase Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4LG
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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