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.
3,192 approved · 466 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dytchleys Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RJ
Received Not published141 Danes Way Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JU
Received Not published47 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RH
Received Not published28 Woodway Hutton Essex CM13 2JR
Received Not published19 Holmwood Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8QS
Received Not publishedFlints Community Group 154 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RT
Received Not published11 Delta Road Hutton Essex CM13 1NG
Received Not published45 Kelvedon Green Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0XG
Received Not publishedFellsides 65 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PX
Received Not published59 Broomwood Gardens Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LH
Received Not publishedTrelease Darcy Close Hutton Essex CM13 2PY
Received Not published112 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AG
Received Not published28 Middleton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DJ
Received Not publishedWild Wood Mill Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HP
Received Not published12 Cedar Close Hutton Essex CM13 1NE
Received Not publishedWoodside 38 Roundwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2LZ
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedFambridge 22 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LP
Received Not publishedLincoln House 2 Crescent Drive Shenfield Essex CM15 8DS
Received Not publishedBennets Farm Weald Road South Weald Essex CM14 5QR
Received Not published92 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published97 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QP
Received Not published1 Tennyson Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SJ
Received Not published1 Tennyson Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SJ
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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