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.
3,205 approved · 469 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Brentwoods Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedKelvedon Hatch County Primary School School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DH
Received Not publishedSt Josephs Convent Of Mercy 93 Queens Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EY
Received Not published3 Crossby Close Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TP
Received Not publishedLingwood Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published14 Pilgrims Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RQ
Received Not publishedLand At Wates Way Wates Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedHigh Trees Doddinghurst Road Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0QP
Received Not publishedHigh Trees Doddinghurst Road Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0QP
Received Not publishedThe Courage Hall Middleton Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 8EE
Received Not published10 Jason Close Brentwood Essex CM14 4PG
Received Not publishedFairlight Clapgate Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LH
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not published8 Janmead Hutton Essex CM13 2PU
Received Not publishedBlue Marsh Farm 150 Crow Green Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SH
Received Not publishedSaybridge Farm Buildings Saybridge Farm Spriggs Lane Blackmore Essex CM4 0JW
Received Not published26 Longmead Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8DT
Received Not publishedLingwood Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published2 Balmoral Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PN
Received Not published2 Balmoral Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PN
Received Not published1 The Paddocks Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BQ
Received Not published3 Bishop Walk Shenfield Essex CM15 8HD
Received Not publishedLand East Of Nags Head Lane Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not published63 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8HG
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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