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3,173 approved · 463 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Lime Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DU
Received Not publishedThe Stables 5 Candleford Mews The Tyburns Hutton Essex CM13 2FE
Received Not publishedThe Ursuline High School Queens Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EX
Received Not publishedLincolns Farm Lincolns Lane Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RS
Received Not publishedLincolns Farm Lincolns Lane Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RS
Received Not publishedLand West Of Childerditch Lane Little Warley Essex
Received Not published110 Westwood Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4NU
Received Not publishedThe Old County Ground, Brentwood Cricket Club Shenfield Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8AJ
Received Not published88A Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3SB
Received Not publishedLand At Margaretting Hall Estate High Street Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent Weald Park Golf Club Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Brentwood Essex CM14 5RJ
Received Not published5 School Lane Ingrave Essex CM13 3RB
Received Not publishedConifers 38 Rochford Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8QW
Received Not published80 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EX
Received Not published73 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published31 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not published20 The Paddocks Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BQ
Received Not published126 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DJ
Received Not published86 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DW
Received Not publishedBudleigh 1 Linkway Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QB
Received Not publishedChaseside Hardings Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HZ
Received Not published73 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JL
Received Not publishedChelmer Cottage Docklands Avenue Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DS
Received Not published236 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QR
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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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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