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.
3,268 approved · 478 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Enderley School Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0DL
Received Not published12A Crossways Shenfield Essex CM15 8QX
Received Not published8 Brook Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4PT
Received Not published2 Sycamore Close Great Warley Essex CM13 3FJ
Received Not published29 Selwood Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QA
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Ashwood Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex
Received Not publishedHaylings 81 Doddinghurst Road Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0RE
Received Not published6 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8DE
Received Not publishedMeadow View Murthering Lane Navestock Essex RM4 1HL
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not published138 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TR
Received Not published53 Kilworth Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PT
Received Not published78 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not publishedCornsland House Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
Received Not published10 Highview Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 1BJ
Received Not published27 Roundwood Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NE
Received Not published87 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HN
Received Not published57 Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RX
Received Not publishedWeald House Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TH
Received Not publishedLand East Of Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not published93 Oliver Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8PX
Received Not published3 Mulberry Hill Shenfield Essex CM15 8JS
Received Not publishedBrentwood Library New Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BP
Received Not published154 Woodland Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1HN
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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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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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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