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.
3,301 approved · 489 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosewood House Heronway Hutton Essex CM13 2LX
Received Not publishedKavanagh Court The Galleries Warley Essex
Received Not published74 Mount Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5DD
Received Not publishedUvongo Blackmore Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0QX
Received Not publishedBarn At Lashes Farm Tan House Lane Navestock Essex CM14 5SJ
Received Not publishedBarn At Lashes Farm Tan House Lane Navestock Essex CM14 5SJ
Received Not published3 Halstead Way Hutton Essex CM13 1YQ
Received Not published65 The Meadows Ingrave Essex CM13 3RW
Received Not publishedBlackmore Baptist Church The Green Blackmore Essex CM4 0RT
Received Not published64 Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RU
Received Not published19 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not published19 St Andrews Place Shenfield Essex CM15 8HH
Received Not publishedLodge Farm Albyns Lane Stapleford Tawney Essex RM4 1HR
Received Not publishedCottage Garden Beads Hall Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QP
Received Not publishedDudbrook Coach House Howard Lodge Road Navestock Essex CM14 5TG
Received Not publishedDudbrook Coach House Howard Lodge Road Navestock Essex CM14 5TG
Received Not published43 Rose Valley Brentwood Essex CM14 4HT
Received Not publishedTrelease Darcy Close Hutton Essex CM13 2PY
Received Not publishedThatchers Arms Warley Road Great Warley Essex CM13 3HU
Received Not published86 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AJ
Received Not published2 Great Oaks Hutton Essex CM13 1AZ
Received Not published45 Copperfield Gardens Brentwood Essex CM14 4UD
Received Not publishedLeonard Lodge Nursing Home Roxwell Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 1AQ
Received Not publishedLittle Jericho Church Street Blackmore Essex CM4 0RN
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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