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.
3,219 approved · 469 refused · 153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Gresham Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4HN
Received Not published21 Glovers Field Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0BA
Received Not publishedBlanket Hall Beggar Hill Fryerning Essex CM4 0PD
Received Not published54 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RE
Received Not published71 Friars Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8HU
Received Not published11 La Plata Grove Brentwood Essex CM14 4LA
Received Not publishedVine House 2 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not published3 Nethergate 39 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1AJ
Received Not publishedGreenstead Wambrook Close Hutton Essex CM13 2LR
Received Not publishedLondon Brentwood Commercial Park Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex CM13 3LR
Received Not publishedEmbers Fryerning Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 0GF
Received Not published38 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RJ
Received Not published56 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AX
Received Not publishedPalmers Farm Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 0SH
Received Not publishedFairlight 19 Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AA
Received Not published22 Sylvia Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2HP
Received Not publishedBrindles 49 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LJ
Received Not publishedLittle Oaks Fingrith Hall Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0RU
Received Not published25 Gerrard Crescent Brentwood Essex CM14 4JU
Received Not publishedWillow Lodge Hallwood Crescent Shenfield Essex CM15 9AA
Received Not published24 St Stephens Crescent Brentwood Essex CM13 2AU
Received Not publishedThe Haven 128 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not published43 Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0AZ
Received Not publishedAdjacent Jenkins Farm Jenkins Farm Murthering Lane Navestock Essex
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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