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.
3,279 approved · 482 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Alderton Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QW
Received Not published97 Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UD
Received Not published34 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9AX
Received Not publishedMelford Grange Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LJ
Received Not publishedWoodlands Childerditch Street Little Warley Essex CM13 3EG
Received Not publishedColesberg Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PJ
Received Not publishedLidl Site Former Wates Way Industrial Estate Land Bounded By Ongar Road And Burland Road Brentwood CM15 9AZ
Received Not publishedThe Poplars 60 Brook Street Brentwood Essex CM14 5ND
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not publishedCoombe Warley Road Great Warley Essex CM13 3HZ
Received Not publishedThe Ursuline High School Queens Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EX
Received Not publishedThe Boars Head Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PS
Received Not published3 Cory Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2PT
Received Not published89 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PP
Received Not publishedCoombe Warley Road Great Warley Essex CM13 3HZ
Received Not published283 Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UH
Received Not publishedAshwells Farm Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedRossmoyne Heronway Hutton Essex CM13 2LX
Received Not publishedThe Horse And Groom Warley Road Great Warley Essex CM13 3AE
Received Not published51 Mount Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5DD
Received Not publishedFoxdown Cottage Sandpit Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QE
Received Not publishedThe Boars Head Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PS
Received Not published2 Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4SX
Received Not publishedArbec 5 Shorter Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8RE
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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