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.
3,276 approved · 481 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary Sawyers Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 9BY
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not publishedThe Plot Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LL
Received Not published7 Oakwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1PT
Received Not published46 Hunter Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PF
Received Not published63 Peregrine Drive Great Warley Essex CM13 3GW
Received Not publishedThe Hermitage 15 Shenfield Road Brentwood Essex CM15 8AG
Received Not published18 King Georges Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LS
Received Not published30 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not published134 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TR
Received Not published134 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TR
Received Not publishedMillfield Park Site Office Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedWhiteknights Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SB
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedCheale Meats Ltd Orchard Farm Little Warley Hall Lane West Horndon Little Warley Essex CM13 3EN
Received Not publishedRiverside Albyns Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1RT
Received Not published22 Arbour Close Warley Essex CM14 5BB
Received Not published50 Birkbeck Road Hutton Essex CM13 1JR
Received Not published88 Arnolds Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 1EX
Received Not published11 The Meadows Ingrave Essex CM13 3RL
Received Not publishedWoodland House Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
Received Not publishedThoby Farm St Annes Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TX
Received Not publishedRye Cottage Back Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HR
Received Not publishedBlue House Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
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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