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3,173 approved · 463 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AZ
Received Not publishedSwallows Cross Farm Wyatts Green Road Doddinghurst Essex
Received Not published5 Ashwells Court Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SR
Received Not publishedMaryland Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QE
Received Not publishedHousing Redevelopment Brookfield Close Hutton Essex
Received Not published5 The Furlongs Ingatestone Essex CM4 0AH
Received Not publishedSwallows Cross Farm Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex
Received Not publishedHigh Beeches 27 Roundwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2LZ
Received Not published95 Hartswood Road Warley Essex CM14 5AG
Received Not published43 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8NF
Received Not publishedSt Andrews Methodist Church Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PS
Received Not published45 Barn Mead Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0NE
Received Not published5 Highview Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 1BJ
Received Not publishedFriars 192 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PN
Received Not published12 Court View Mountnessing Essex CM4 9AW
Received Not publishedOld Brentwoods Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published78 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EX
Received Not published204 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8NR
Received Not published2 Saffron Close West Horndon Essex CM13 3NF
Received Not published53 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QU
Received Not published19 Bellhouse Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5PP
Received Not published67 The Gardens Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0LX
Received Not published18 Randalls Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1NW
Received Not published37 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LL
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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