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.
3,255 approved · 476 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not publishedThe Forge Navestock Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SH
Received Not published31 Park Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2QL
Received Not publishedGarages Sir Francis Way Brentwood
Received Not publishedThe Dutch House 31 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LL
Received Not publishedWellmead 84 Fryerning Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0NN
Received Not published22 Petresfield Way West Horndon Essex CM13 3TG
Received Not published85 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QP
Received Not publishedChadstone Shelley Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SF
Received Not publishedWhite Cottage 16 Westbury Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4JZ
Received Not publishedBrentwood Preparatory School Shenfield Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8BD
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 32 Park Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TX
Received Not published123 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PB
Received Not publishedSentosa 3 Hillwood Close Hutton Essex CM13 2PE
Received Not published20 Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BN
Received Not publishedMaintenance Building Middleton Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 8EE
Received Not published39 Walton Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1EJ
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not publishedColmar Manor Weald Park Way South Weald Essex CM14 5QH
Received Not publishedBrentwood United Reformed Church New Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4GD
Received Not publishedMarlborough House Firsgrove Crescent Warley Essex
Received Not published49 Park Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2QP
Received Not published88A Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3SB
Received Not publishedWoodcroft 19 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LP
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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