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.
3,235 approved · 473 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Wistaria Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PR
Received Not publishedLand East Of Alexander Lane Alexander Lane Shenfield CM15 8QE
Received Not publishedCastleton Days Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 9SL
Received Not published71 The Keatings Mill Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0XH
Received Not publishedThe Oaks 57A Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QT
Received Not publishedFawsley Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0EQ
Received Not published68 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HN
Received Not published21 The Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2AD
Received Not publishedLadys Walk 27 Greenway Hutton Essex CM13 2NP
Received Not published30 Blenheim Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LP
Received Not published14 Westwood Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4PA
Received Not published179 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DU
Received Not publishedBlue House Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not publishedBarge Ingatestone Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0RS
Received Not publishedBarge Ingatestone Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0RS
Received Not publishedFeremina 19 The Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2AD
Received Not published1A Guardsman Close Warley Essex CM14 5AT
Received Not publishedThe Laurells 9A Middleton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DL
Received Not publishedReed Pond House Station Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BL
Received Not publishedBlue House Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not published11 Rochford Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8QN
Received Not published29 Selwood Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QA
Received Not published67 Westwood Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4NU
Received Not published289 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PL
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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