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.
3,271 approved · 481 refused · 155 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Birley Grange 30 Hall Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 9AL
Received Not published49 Warescot Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9HF
Received Not published16 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RE
Received Not publishedMount Lodge Lower Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TR
Received Not publishedMerry Lakes Church Lane Hutton Essex CM13 1SA
Received Not publishedNewmans Lodge 4 Newmans Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2PZ
Received Not published51 Spurgate Hutton Essex CM13 2JT
Received Not published137A High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4RZ
Received Not publishedRegent House Hubert Road Brentwood Essex
Received Not published1 Worrin Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8FE
Received Not published1C Mount Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5DB
Received Not published48 Mayfield Gardens Brentwood Essex CM14 4UL
Received Not published80 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EX
Received Not publishedFar End Days Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SJ
Received Not published13 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AU
Received Not publishedBrienda Nine Ashes Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0ER
Received Not publishedLand East Of Old Church Lane Mountnessing Essex
Received Not publishedLand To South East Of High Street And North Of Docklands Avenue Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedWilwyn Chelmsford Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0SD
Received Not publishedSt Martins School Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HG
Received Not publishedBrentwood Jewish Cemetery Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex
Received Not publishedLidl Site Former Wates Way Industrial Estate Land Bounded By Ongar Road And Burland Road Brentwood CM15 9AZ
Received Not published134 Crow Green Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RP
Received Not published3 Hutton Grange North Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1SH
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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