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3,289 approved · 486 refused · 158 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Brook Street Brentwood Essex CM14 5LU
Received Not publishedWarley Hospital Warley Hill Warley Essex
Received Not published10A Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2RA
Received Not publishedWest Bays Hook End Road Hook End Essex CM15 0NR
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not published10 Newmans Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2PZ
Received Not published12 Stock Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EP
Received Not published12A Crossways Shenfield Essex CM15 8QX
Received Not publishedLand At Wates Way Brentwood Essex
Received Not published38 Brackens Drive Warley Essex CM14 5UF
Received Not published12 Thorndon Hall Thorndon Park Ingrave Essex CM13 3RJ
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of Nags Head Lane Brentwood Essex
Received Not published250 Hutton Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8PA
Received Not published2 Rushdene Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9ES
Received Not published37 Ridgeway Hutton Essex CM13 2LL
Received Not published34 Hillside Walk Brentwood Essex CM14 4RB
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex
Received Not published228 Priests Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8LG
Received Not published47 King Georges Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LD
Received Not publishedFrenches Farm Wigley Bush Lane Brentwood CM14 5QP
Received Not published37 Edwards Way Hutton Essex CM13 1BT
Received Not published22 Margaret Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8RF
Received Not published34 Oliver Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QA
Received Not publishedRoyston Lodge Church Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0NJ
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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