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.
3,220 approved · 469 refused · 154 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Appletree Farm Thorndon Park Warley Essex CM13 3SA
Received Not publishedLand To South Of Burnthouse Lane Mountnessing Essex
Received Not published25 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PN
Received Not published97 Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UD
Received Not published19 The Paddocks Ingatestone Essex CM4 0BQ
Received Not publishedDane House 21 Mount Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2NU
Received Not publishedSouth Essex Golf And Country Club Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3LW
Received Not publishedRye Cottage Back Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HR
Received Not publishedThe Presbytery 28 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM15 8AT
Received Not publishedMill Haven 76B Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published25 Park Meadow Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0TT
Received Not publishedLittle Acorns Blackmore Road Hook End Essex CM15 0DX
Received Not publishedFoxes Lodge 7 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LS
Received Not publishedThe Barn Dodds Farm Blackmore Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0NW
Received Not publishedTangle Trees 43 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QU
Received Not publishedThe Barn Dodds Farm Blackmore Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0NW
Received Not publishedHumes Church Lane Hutton Essex CM13 1SB
Received Not publishedElmwood 18 Greenway Hutton Essex CM13 2NR
Received Not published19 Gloucester Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9ND
Received Not publishedFishers Yard Wrights Lane Wyatts Green Essex
Received Not published2 Park Lane Herongate Essex CM13 3PJ
Received Not publishedLand At Priests Lane Priests Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not published95 Hartswood Road Warley Essex CM14 5AG
Received Not publishedScout Hut Saxon Close Brentwood Essex CM13 2EU
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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