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.
3,179 approved · 464 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Cherry Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DZ
Received Not published23 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AU
Received Not published23 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AU
Received Not publishedKingfisher Farm Land South Of Dagwood Lane Dagwood Lane Brentwood CM15 0RX
Received Not published14 Pilgrims Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RQ
Received Not publishedFormer Ingatestone Garden Centre Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AU
Received Not publishedBramleys Orchard Little Warley Hall Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3EU
Received Not publishedFieldway Spring Pond Meadow Hook End Essex CM15 0NS
Received Not published1 Fen Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8SB
Received Not publishedPotential Development Site Between Carmel And Hospital Cottage Mascalls Lane Great Warley
Received Not published54 Queenswood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HU
Received Not publishedHill Farm Childerditch Street Little Warley Essex CM13 3EG
Received Not publishedIvydene Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SB
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not published94 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JL
Received Not publishedTimbertop Weald Road South Weald Essex CM14 5QJ
Received Not published11 Poplar Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1YU
Received Not publishedWillow View 28 Peartree Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0RP
Received Not published82 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EX
Received Not published2 Normanhurst Hutton Essex CM13 1BG
Received Not published38 Hamilton Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5ES
Received Not published12 Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not publishedRed Rose Farm Red Rose Lane Blackmore Essex CM4 0SA
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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