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.
3,243 approved · 474 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sheep House Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5ST
Received Not publishedEnderley School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DL
Received Not publishedRear Of 1 Hallsford Bridge Industrial Estate Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex CM5 9RB
Received Not publishedGoblins 192 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QH
Received Not published154 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not published154 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not published132 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HW
Received Not published370 Ongar Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JH
Received Not publishedGarage Block Sir Francis Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not published5 Roxwell Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1AQ
Received Not publishedLand East Of Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex Alexander Lane Shenfield CM15 8QE
Received Not publishedBluebell Regent Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4TY
Received Not published18 Queens Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4HE
Received Not publishedBarge Ingatestone Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0RS
Received Not publishedGarages Willingale Close Hutton Essex
Received Not published15 Newlands Close Hutton Essex CM13 2SD
Received Not published34 Warley Mount Warley Essex CM14 5EN
Received Not publishedPlace Farm Place Farm Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JA
Received Not publishedColesberg Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PJ
Received Not published2 Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4SX
Received Not publishedLargnean 12 Shenfield Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1DT
Received Not publishedBrigade Head Quarters Rayleigh Close Hutton Essex CM13 1AL
Received Not publishedWaterhales Farm Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5ST
Received Not published169 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8LF
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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