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.
3,265 approved · 477 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
189 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1LZ
Received Not publishedCranmond Mill Hill Shenfield Essex CM15 8EU
Received Not publishedBlackmore-The Green SP Blacksmiths Alley Blackmore Hook End And Wyatts Green CM4 0RR
Received Not publishedFormer 20 Western Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not published24 Pine Drive Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EF
Received Not published22 Childerditch Industrial Estate Childerditch Hall Drive Little Warley Essex CM13 3HD
Received Not publishedStable Field Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Shenfield Alexander Lane CM15 8QF
Received Not published3 Orchard Piece Blackmore Essex CM4 0RX
Received Not published65 The Meadows Ingrave Essex CM13 3RW
Received Not publishedAshwells Farm Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedLand North West Of Central House Eagle Way Great Warley Essex
Received Not published6 The Thorns Ongar Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DE
Received Not published32 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AJ
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not published5 The Thorns Ongar Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DE
Received Not published9 Margaret Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8RF
Received Not published729 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1SL
Received Not published24 St Stephens Crescent Brentwood Essex CM13 2AU
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not published4 Balmoral Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PN
Received Not published22 Mount Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5DB
Received Not published13 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AG
Received Not published7 The Leas Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AF
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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