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.
3,196 approved · 466 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RZ
Received Not published375 Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UJ
Received Not published4 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not publishedLeanda Hunters Chase Hutton Essex CM13 1SN
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not published35 Oakwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1PT
Received Not publishedHeron Cottage 197 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PH
Received Not publishedHelen House Rollason Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not published134 Crow Green Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RP
Received Not publishedAdlington House Rollason Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not published1 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RG
Received Not publishedMillhurst Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0HX
Received Not published197 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8SA
Received Not publishedWillburys 9 Hutton Gate Hutton Essex CM13 2XA
Received Not published3 Linkway Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QB
Received Not published24 Pine Drive Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EF
Received Not published2A North Road Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4XG
Received Not published7 Cadogan Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TU
Received Not publishedFormer Car Park Opposite Central House Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not publishedEnderley School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DL
Received Not published27 Meadow Rise Blackmore Essex CM4 0QY
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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