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.
3,238 approved · 474 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pumping Station Cottage Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JR
Received Not published2 Peony Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PT
Received Not publishedThe Haven 128 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not publishedWallets Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JE
Received Not publishedBlack Cottage Old Road Navestock Essex RM4 1HJ
Received Not publishedRosedale Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DZ
Received Not published5 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1AB
Received Not publishedFellsides 65 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PX
Received Not published54 The Gardens Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0LX
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 19 Orchard Piece Blackmore Brentwood Essex
Received Not published2 Westbury Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4JZ
Received Not published19 Gordon Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8LR
Received Not published36 Stocks Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0BN
Received Not publishedThe Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedThe Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedThe Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedThe Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not published17 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PN
Received Not published1 Newmans Gate Hutton Essex CM13 2FB
Received Not publishedThe Stables Frog Street Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0JL
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedCleves Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
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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