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.
3,293 approved · 488 refused · 159 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Galleries Warley Essex CM14 5GF
Received Not publishedBlack Cottage Old Road Navestock Essex RM4 1HJ
Received Not published11 Normanhurst Hutton Essex CM13 1BG
Received Not published34 Orchard Piece Blackmore Essex CM4 0RY
Received Not publishedWild Wood Mill Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HP
Received Not published12 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AB
Received Not published12 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AB
Received Not publishedLand To The Rear Of 32 Park Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TX
Received Not publishedHillcrest 7 Pinecroft Hutton Essex CM13 2PG
Received Not publishedThree Stones Post Office Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9ES
Received Not publishedChadstone Shelley Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SF
Received Not publishedThe Oaks 176 Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HE
Received Not published34 Catherine Close Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RJ
Received Not publishedBlue House Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not publishedThe Laurels 143 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AA
Received Not published5 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1AA
Received Not publishedBlue House Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3DT
Received Not publishedWillow Brook Primary School Rosen Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 2TU
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedThe Gables Little Warley Hall Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3EX
Received Not published71 Thorndon Hall Thorndon Park Ingrave Essex CM13 3RJ
Received Not publishedDanescroft 14 Coombe Rise Shenfield Essex CM15 8JJ
Received Not published54 Park Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2QP
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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