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.
3,134 approved · 458 refused · 146 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Holbrooks Cottages Thoby Lane Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TA
Received Not published2 The Lakes Hardings Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0JA
Received Not published2 The Lakes Hardings Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0JA
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedEmblems Farm Mountnessing Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0SP
Received Not publishedBrentwood United Reformed Church New Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4GD
Received Not published144 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HG
Received Not published54 Headley Chase Warley Essex CM14 5DH
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not published88A Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3SB
Received Not published34 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QX
Received Not published51 Spital Lane Brentwood Essex CM14 5PQ
Received Not publishedShonks Mill Bridge And Land To The North Of Shonks Mill Bridge Shonks Mill Road Navestock Essex
Received Not published1 Greyfriars Hutton Essex CM13 2XB
Received Not publishedRed Walls Friars Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8HX
Received Not published62 Little Highwood Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4RJ
Received Not publishedHolbrook Stables Thoby Lane Mountnessing Essex
Received Not published39 Thrift Green Brentwood Essex CM13 2BB
Received Not published1 Talbrook Brentwood Essex CM14 4PY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Former 1 Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex CM14 5NJ
Received Not published21 Victors Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 2HZ
Received Not published3 Hutton Gate Hutton Essex CM13 2XA
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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