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.
3,072 approved · 450 refused · 140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RG
Received Not published32 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9JZ
Received Not publishedCastleton Days Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 9SL
Received Not published2 Kavanaghs Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4NB
Received Not publishedQueens Building Brentwood School Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not published40 Bishops Hall Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NX
Received Not published48 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QU
Received Not published112 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AQ
Received Not publishedBrigade Head Quarters Rayleigh Close Hutton Essex CM13 1AL
Received Not publishedSoap House Apiary Blackmore Road Hook End Essex CM15 0DR
Received Not publishedHigh Trees Doddinghurst Road Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0QP
Received Not publishedKent Cottage Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HS
Received Not published114 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AQ
Received Not published137 Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5PT
Received Not publishedDawn Ranch Boarding Blind Lane Herongate Essex CM12 9SN
Received Not publishedShepherds Croft Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QN
Received Not publishedEnderley School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DL
Received Not published5 Goodwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1QD
Received Not published50 Surman Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 2PW
Received Not publishedBluebell Farm Spriggs Lane Blackmore Essex CM4 0SQ
Received Not publishedFormer Car Park Opposite Central House Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not published70 Larchwood Gardens Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NE
Received Not published2 Rectory Close Ingatestone Essex CM4 0DB
Received Not publishedMount View Warley Mount 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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