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.
3,170 approved · 461 refused · 150 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roseland Roman Road Ingatestone CM4 9AU
Received Not published102 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BA
Received Not published47 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PW
Received Not publishedMilton House 3 Gatehouse Mews Ingatestone Essex CM4 0SY
Received Not published12 Rye Walk Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AL
Received Not published7 Cadogan Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TU
Received Not published25 Park Way Shenfield Essex CM15 8LH
Received Not publishedMillfield Park Site Office Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published7 Flemings Great Warley Essex CM13 3DH
Received Not publishedTrelease Darcy Close Hutton Essex CM13 2PY
Received Not published65 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HN
Received Not published15 Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SD
Received Not published2 Larchwood Gardens Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NE
Received Not published14 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HJ
Received Not published1 The Chase Ingrave Essex CM13 3QT
Received Not publishedHutton View Care Home 3 Rayleigh Close Hutton Essex CM13 1FF
Received Not publishedHou Hatch Lodge, Hou Hatch Cottage And The White House Weald Road South Weald Essex CM14 5QU
Received Not published73 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HG
Received Not publishedATM Within Shenfield Railway Station Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JD
Received Not publishedCastleton Days Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 9SL
Received Not published179 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PG
Received Not publishedSt Elmo Clapgate Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LH
Received Not publishedLee Farm Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5ST
Received Not publishedGreat Warley Place Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
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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