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.
3,064 approved · 449 refused · 140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millhurst Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HX
Received Not published9 The Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2AD
Received Not published3 Roundwood Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NE
Received Not publishedHole Farm Hole Farm Lane Great Warley Essex CM13 3JD
Received Not publishedFieldway Spring Pond Meadow Hook End Essex CM15 0NS
Received Not publishedLand South Of 101 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QA
Received Not publishedVictoria Court Victoria Road Warley Essex
Received Not publishedLand South Of Stocks Lane Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex
Received Not published270 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PX
Received Not published270 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PX
Received Not published270 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PX
Received Not published17 Wash Road Hutton Essex CM13 1BX
Received Not published87 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PP
Received Not published42 Cedar Road Hutton Essex CM13 1ND
Received Not publishedHazelmere North Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1SH
Received Not publishedCraigilea Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LJ
Received Not publishedBrown Beeches 116 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HN
Received Not publishedLand East Of Nags Head Lane Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedMilton House 3 Gatehouse Mews Ingatestone Essex CM4 0SY
Received Not published5 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not published5 Woodland Close Hutton Essex CM13 1ED
Received Not published3 Wansford Close Brentwood Essex CM14 4PU
Received Not publishedLarkins Playing Fields Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not published77 Heybridge Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AQ
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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