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.
3,178 approved · 464 refused · 151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 The Leas Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AF
Received Not published1 Sunray Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1PR
Received Not publishedThe Green 3 - 4 Seven Arches Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedRose And Crown 390 Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JH
Received Not publishedRose And Crown 390 Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JH
Received Not publishedBrentwood Methodist Church Warley Hill Warley Essex CM14 5HA
Received Not publishedFormer Ingatestone Garden Centre Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AU
Received Not published18 Warley Mount Warley Essex CM14 5EN
Received Not published74 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not publishedThe Hawthorns 90 Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3SD
Received Not publishedFairlight Clapgate Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LH
Received Not published1 La Plata Grove Brentwood Essex CM14 4LA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Ashwood Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedKavanaghs Point Kavanaghs Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4NB
Received Not published53 - 55 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RH
Received Not published81B Park Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TU
Received Not published1 Lime Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DU
Received Not publishedAfton House 115 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JN
Received Not publishedAfton House 115 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JN
Received Not publishedCritic House Hart Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AX
Received Not publishedGreen Keepers Cottage Thorndon Gate Ingrave Essex CM13 3RQ
Received Not published112 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AQ
Received Not published30 Geary Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4UA
Received Not published18 Worrin Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8DG
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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