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.
3,139 approved · 459 refused · 146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Primrose Court Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4YZ
Received Not published52 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HN
Received Not publishedHillcrest 7 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not published51 Hartswood Road Warley Essex CM14 5AG
Received Not published16 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RE
Received Not published33 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not published138 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HN
Received Not published138 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HN
Received Not publishedGraytoni House Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SG
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 52 High Street High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 52 High Street High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 7 High Street High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 7 High Street High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 244 Hutton Road Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 8PA
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 244 Hutton Road Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 8PA
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 69 Hutton Rd, Shenfield, Brentwood, CM15 8JD
Received Not publishedFootpath Outside 69 Hutton Rd, Shenfield, Brentwood, CM15 8JD
Received Not published10 Jason Close Brentwood Essex CM14 4PG
Received Not published20 Blenheim Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LP
Received Not published7 The Terlings Brentwood Essex CM14 4NG
Received Not publishedMeadow House Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
Received Not publishedAsh House Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AE
Received Not publishedWoodbridge 1 Glanthams Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DA
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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