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.
3,289 approved · 486 refused · 158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brentwood United Reformed Church New Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4GD
Received Not published64 Woodway Hutton Essex CM13 2JR
Received Not published31 Burland Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9BJ
Received Not published41 Church Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TH
Received Not publishedFormerly St Charles Youth Treatment Centre Weald Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4SN
Received Not publishedWillow End Church Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Seventh Day Adventist Church North Drive Hutton Essex
Received Not publishedAlexander House Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QE
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLaurels 10 Kilmington Close Hutton Essex CM13 2JZ
Received Not publishedMount Lodge Lower Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TR
Received Not published49 Warescot Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9HF
Received Not published17 Byron Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SA
Received Not publishedLescale Weald Park Way South Weald Essex CM14 5QH
Received Not publishedThe Oaks 176 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HE
Received Not publishedRosedale Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DZ
Received Not publishedOld Brentwoods Ashwells Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9SE
Received Not published88 Danes Way Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JU
Received Not published200 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PN
Received Not publishedWindermere 3 Roundwood Lake Hutton Essex CM13 2NJ
Received Not published5 Woodside Close Hutton Essex CM13 1JG
Received Not publishedLittlecote Avenue Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HB
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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