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.
3,054 approved · 448 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
5 Ash Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RF
Received Not publishedSt Giles Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0JE
Received Not published30 North Road Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4XG
Received Not publishedSpringfield Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SB
Received Not publishedSpringfield Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SB
Received Not published2 Felstead Close Hutton Essex CM13 1YW
Received Not published145 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LX
Received Not published145 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LX
Received Not publishedWellington Chelmsford Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0SD
Received Not publishedLand East Of Nags Head Lane Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedLand East Of Nags Head Lane Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedCalcott Hall Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9HS
Received Not published24 Meadow Rise Blackmore Essex CM4 0QP
Received Not publishedCare Home Site, Former Car Park Opposite Central House Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not publishedFishers Yard Wrights Lane Wyatts Green Essex
Received Not published67 Costead Manor Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4XY
Received Not publishedBennets Farm Weald Road South Weald Essex CM14 5QR
Received Not published6 Cory Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2PT
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not published21 Crow Green Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RB
Received Not published3 Matching Field Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0XB
Received Not published64 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DW
Received Not publishedLangford Bridge Farm Ongar Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0LB
Received Not published49 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PS
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage