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.
3,147 approved · 459 refused · 146 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Friars Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8HY
Received Not published1 Weald Close Brentwood Essex CM14 4QU
Received Not publishedLand Ajacent To 55 Cherry Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2EJ
Received Not publishedThreeways Chelmsford Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0SD
Received Not published3 The Hamlet Lower Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TR
Received Not published5 Westbourne Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4PH
Received Not published11 Willowdene Court Warley Essex CM14 5ET
Received Not published39 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HG
Received Not published9A The Keys Eagle Way Great Warley Essex CM13 3BP
Received Not published39 Spurgate Hutton Essex CM13 2JT
Received Not published18 Great Oaks Hutton Essex CM13 1AZ
Received Not publishedSite Between Carmel And Hospital Cottage Mascalls Lane Great Warley Essex
Received Not published32 Nursery Road Hook End Essex CM15 0HE
Received Not publishedMccolls House Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9ST
Received Not published236 Warley Hill Great Warley Essex CM13 3AA
Received Not publishedWarren View Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RX
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Ford Motor Co Ltd Great Warley Essex CM13 3GU
Received Not publishedCherry Tree Cottage 39A Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5PN
Received Not publishedCherry Tree Cottage 39A Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5PN
Received Not published64 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DW
Received Not published34 Treetops Brentwood Essex CM15 9DE
Received Not published56 Avenue Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HB
Received Not published11 Wingrave Crescent Brentwood Essex CM14 5PA
Received Not publishedRavelston Cory Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2PT
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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