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.
3,287 approved · 484 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-8 Warescot Road Brentwood CM15 9HD
Received Not publishedDytchleys Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RJ
Received Not published262 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9EA
Received Not publishedLittle Warley Hall Farm Little Warley Hall Lane West Horndon Little Warley Essex CM13 3EN
Received Not publishedThe Hermitage 15 Shenfield Road Brentwood Essex CM15 8AG
Received Not published89 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PP
Received Not publishedWillow Cottages 8 Post Office Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9ES
Received Not published16 Warley Hill Warley Essex CM14 5HA
Received Not publishedCleves Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
Received Not publishedBrentwood United Reformed Church New Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4GD
Received Not publishedCobblestones 13 Widworthy Hayes Hutton Essex CM13 2LN
Received Not publishedFellsides 65 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PX
Received Not published91 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not publishedMontevideo 18 Roundwood Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NE
Received Not publishedAmelia House Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
Received Not published20 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AG
Received Not published19 Byron Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SA
Received Not published6 Eagle Way Great Warley Essex CM13 3AD
Received Not published1 Former Wates Way Industrial Estate Brentwood CM15 9AZ
Received Not published55 Westwood Avenue Brentwood Essex CM14 4NU
Received Not published10 Highview Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 1BJ
Received Not publishedHoliday Inn Brook Street Brentwood Essex CM14 5NF
Received Not published51 Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PU
Received Not published1 Philip Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NT
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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