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3,287 approved · 484 refused · 157 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alexander House Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QE
Received Not publishedHighway House 171 Kings Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EJ
Received Not published1A Philip Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9NT
Received Not publishedDevelopment Land Adjacent To Roman Road Roman Road Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedUnit 8-9 Hall Lane Farm Little Warley Hall Lane West Horndon Little Warley Essex CM13 3EN
Received Not published75 Station Road West Horndon Essex CM13 3TW
Received Not published194 Thorndon Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TP
Received Not publishedThe Oaks 176 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HE
Received Not publishedRidgetop 188 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2QH
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 61 Brook Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedCapri Mount Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2NU
Received Not publishedLingwood Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not publishedDepot Slip From Ingatestone Bypass To Ingatestone Ingatestone Essex
Received Not publishedThe Brentwood Garden Centre Vicarage Close Brentwood Essex CM14 5GR
Received Not published90 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PP
Received Not published18 Hill Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4QY
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Harewood Road Harewood Road Brentwood CM15 9PD
Received Not publishedLand To The South Of Harewood Road Harewood Road Brentwood CM15 9PD
Received Not publishedMonkhams Friars Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8HX
Received Not publishedDomestic Accomodation Greenacres Riding Stables Beads Hall Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QP
Received Not published29 Pondfield Lane Brentwood Essex CM13 2BY
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedColmar Farm Weald Park Way South Weald Essex CM14 5QH
Received Not publishedMeadow House Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
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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