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.
3,215 approved · 469 refused · 153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Beeches 27 Roundwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2LZ
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not published23 Gerrard Crescent Brentwood Essex CM14 4JU
Received Not publishedBel Air 62 Heronway Hutton Essex CM13 2LQ
Received Not publishedAfton House 115 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JN
Received Not publishedSt Martins School Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HG
Received Not published40 Walton Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1EL
Received Not publishedMikalian Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0AP
Received Not publishedFoxburrow House Thorndon Park Ingrave Essex CM13 3SA
Received Not published18 Westbury Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4JZ
Received Not published5 School Lane Ingrave Essex CM13 3RB
Received Not published6 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not publishedThe Green 3 - 4 Seven Arches Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not published50 London Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QG
Received Not published113 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AG
Received Not published49 Warescot Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9HF
Received Not published34 Clavering Gardens West Horndon Essex CM13 3ND
Received Not published28 Regent Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4TY
Received Not published33 Westbourne Drive Brentwood Essex CM14 4PH
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLynsays Farm Beggar Hill Fryerning Essex
Received Not published32 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
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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