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.
3,299 approved · 488 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Becket Keys Church Of England School Sawyers Hall Lane Brentwood Essex CM15 9DA
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not published46 Hunter Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8PF
Received Not published62 Billericay Road Herongate Essex CM13 3SB
Received Not publishedLeabons Mill Green Road Fryerning Essex CM4 0JE
Received Not published1 Hall Green Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2RA
Received Not publishedLand At Chitral Wyatts Green Road Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0SS
Received Not publishedLidl Site Former Wates Way Industrial Estate Land Bounded By Ongar Road And Burland Road Brentwood CM15 9AZ
Received Not published240 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DX
Received Not published6A Nita Road Warley Essex CM14 5BQ
Received Not published1 Gatehouse Mews Ingatestone Essex CM4 0SY
Received Not published3 Orchard Piece Blackmore Essex CM4 0RX
Received Not publishedFieldings 21 Rectory Chase Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0QN
Received Not publishedChivers Chivers Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0LL
Received Not published47 King Georges Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9LD
Received Not publishedWinsford 4 Roundwood Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2NG
Received Not publishedSunlawn Herington Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NW
Received Not publishedDagwood Farm Warren Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0JD
Received Not published104 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AP
Received Not publishedHeron Cottage 197 Brentwood Road Herongate Essex CM13 3PH
Received Not publishedBurgates 6 Friars Avenue Shenfield Essex CM15 8HY
Received Not publishedBramleys Roman Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9EX
Received Not published32 Pine Crescent Hutton Essex CM13 1JB
Received Not published8 Oaklands Park Hutton Essex CM13 2LW
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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