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.
3,173 approved · 463 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QX
Received Not published12 Beech Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DS
Received Not published94 - 96 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8NB
Received Not published1 Gatehouse Mews Ingatestone Essex CM4 0SY
Received Not publishedEx Priors Golf Club Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5ST
Received Not publishedMaryland Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QE
Received Not published129 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PB
Received Not published163 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LX
Received Not published51 Spurgate Hutton Essex CM13 2JT
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To The Croft And Green Lane Farm Pilgrims Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedHigh Gables Mill Lane Hook End Essex CM15 0NZ
Received Not publishedHigh Gables Mill Lane Hook End Essex CM15 0NZ
Received Not publishedFive Acre Farm Warley Street Great Warley Essex
Received Not published2 Bernards Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JL
Received Not published23 Great Oaks Hutton Essex CM13 1AZ
Received Not published65 Glovers Field Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0BD
Received Not publishedGarages Opposite 26 Hampden Crescent Warley Essex
Received Not published94 Vaughan Williams Way Warley Essex CM14 5WT
Received Not publishedThe Old Post Office Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QN
Received Not publishedThe Old Post Office Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QN
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not publishedMitre House Shenfield Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not published23 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DU
Received Not publishedGreenways Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NP
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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