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3,139 approved · 459 refused · 146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Home Farm Home Farm Road Little Warley Essex CM13 3EB
Received Not published77 Heybridge Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AQ
Received Not published2 Blackmore House Cottage Hook End Road Hook End Essex CM15 0NP
Received Not published2 Blackmore House Cottage Hook End Road Hook End Essex CM15 0NP
Received Not published25 Priory Mead Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0NB
Received Not published118 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BA
Received Not published2 Batemans Mews Warley Essex CM14 5WA
Received Not published131 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TR
Received Not publishedCaerallack Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0EQ
Received Not published4 Woodway Shenfield Essex CM15 8LP
Received Not published3 Cedar Close Hutton Essex CM13 1NE
Received Not publishedMannin Veen 9 Roundwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2ND
Received Not published6 The Spinney Hutton Essex CM13 1AS
Received Not publishedJacqueline Friars Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8HX
Received Not publishedHandley Edge Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HY
Received Not published76B High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AW
Received Not publishedLand East Of Nags Head Lane Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not published2A Sycamore Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4UG
Received Not published19 The Dell Great Warley Essex CM13 3AL
Received Not published32 Long Ridings Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1DZ
Received Not publishedWoodmere Station Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BL
Received Not publishedThe Oaks 176 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HE
Received Not publishedLynsays Farm Beggar Hill Fryerning Essex
Received Not published8 Compton Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2HH
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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