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.
3,309 approved · 491 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedGreenways Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NP
Received Not publishedUmiya House 141 - 147 High Street Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedLand At Childerditch Industrial Estate Brentwood CM13 3HD
Received Not publishedGreenways Hall Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9NP
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not publishedTye House Doddinghurst Road Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 0SE
Received Not publishedDe Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JP
Received Not published658 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1SJ
Received Not published19 Stock Lane Ingatestone Essex CM4 9DX
Received Not published31 Burland Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9BJ
Received Not publishedUpton House Thorndon Approach Herongate Essex CM13 3PA
Received Not published6 Bird Lane Great Warley Essex CM13 3JU
Received Not publishedAmalis Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PT
Received Not publishedThe Grange Cottage Back Lane Fryerning Essex CM4 0HW
Received Not published59 Brocksparkwood Hutton Essex CM13 2TJ
Received Not published28 Hutton Drive Hutton Essex CM13 2RQ
Received Not published319A Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1PL
Received Not published9 Church Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0TH
Received Not publishedUpper Floor Levels 2-8 High Street And 2-6 Ingrave Road Brentwood CM14 4AB
Received Not publishedUpper Floor Levels 2-8 High Street And 2-6 Ingrave Road Brentwood CM14 4AB
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not published17 Wendover Gardens Hutton Essex CM13 2JE
Received Not published2 The Dell Great Warley Essex CM13 3AL
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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