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.
3,101 approved · 456 refused · 141 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
145 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LX
Received Not published1 Riffhams Hutton Essex CM13 2TW
Received Not publishedMillfield View Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published236 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QF
Received Not published13 Gerrard Crescent Brentwood Essex CM14 4JU
Received Not published26 Cornwall Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LX
Received Not published26 Cornwall Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LX
Received Not published7 - 11 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RG
Received Not published6B Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PX
Received Not publishedIngatestone Railway Station Station Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BW
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not published33 Vine Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4UT
Received Not publishedColmar Farm Weald Park Way South Weald Essex CM14 5QH
Received Not publishedHogarth County Junior School Riseway Brentwood Essex CM15 8BG
Received Not publishedHogarth County Junior School Riseway Brentwood Essex CM15 8BG
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 101-107 Warley Hill Warley Essex CM14 5HG
Received Not published215 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DU
Received Not published43 North Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4UZ
Received Not published38 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HG
Received Not published98 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BA
Received Not publishedWarley Brook Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JJ
Received Not publishedAmbulance Station Sawyers Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 9BS
Received Not published18 Hamilton Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5ES
Received Not published28 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4DW
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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