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.
3,305 approved · 489 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Baymans Wood Shenfield Essex CM15 8BT
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of 1-6 Woodfield Cottages High Street Ingatestone CM4 0DY
Received Not publishedEast Horndon Hall Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex CM13 3LR
Received Not publishedClever Clogs Day Nursery Coptfold Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4BL
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedEntire Land East Of A128 South Of A127 Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex
Received Not publishedAsh Farm Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0QE
Received Not publishedSt Martins School Hanging Hill Lane Hutton Essex CM13 2HG
Received Not published71 Hatch Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9PU
Received Not publishedThe Grange Cottage Back Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HW
Received Not published318 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9HR
Received Not published131 Woodman Road Warley Essex CM14 5AJ
Received Not publishedWheelers Farm Coxtie Green Road Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RP
Received Not publishedLarchwood Wambrook Close Hutton Essex CM13 2LR
Received Not published42 Edwards Way Hutton Essex CM13 1BT
Received Not publishedHall Barn House Moat Close Church Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0NG
Received Not publishedBrienda Nine Ashes Road Stondon Massey Essex CM15 0ER
Received Not publishedAlexander House Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QE
Received Not published9 Oliver Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QD
Received Not publishedThe Hawthorns 1 Kandlewood Hutton Essex CM13 2NX
Received Not publishedBois Hall Barns Dudbrook Road Navestock Essex
Received Not publishedBaskevyns Days Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 9SN
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
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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