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.
3,296 approved · 488 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
House Little Bassetts Farm Magpie Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3EA
Received Not published20 Orchard Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9RE
Received Not publishedNutwood 8B Great Oaks Hutton Essex CM13 1AZ
Received Not publishedWoodseats Hunters Chase Hutton Essex CM13 1SN
Received Not publishedJacqueline Friars Close Shenfield Essex CM15 8HX
Received Not published25 Sebastian Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PN
Received Not published15 Bowhay Hutton Essex CM13 2JX
Received Not published2 Park Lane Herongate Essex CM13 3PJ
Received Not published32 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9JZ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedGloster Hunters Chase Hutton Essex CM13 1SN
Received Not published4 Chantreywood Hutton Essex CM13 2TP
Received Not published6 Tudor Close Ingatestone Essex CM4 9AX
Received Not published13 Normanhurst Hutton Essex CM13 1BG
Received Not publishedCastleton Days Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 9SL
Received Not publishedWynbarns Farm 148 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8RT
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of 1-6 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0DY
Received Not publishedMerriville Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LH
Received Not published45 Rose Valley Brentwood Essex CM14 4HT
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedVirginia House Frog Street Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0JL
Received Not publishedMikalian Blackmore Road Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0AP
Received Not publishedOld School House Childerditch Lane Little Warley Essex CM13 3EQ
Received Not publishedOaklands The Glade Hutton Essex CM13 2JL
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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