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.
3,312 approved · 491 refused · 160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wingrave Court Wingrave Crescent Brentwood Essex
Received Not published27 Shenfield Place Shenfield Essex CM15 9AH
Received Not published34 Oliver Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QA
Received Not published42 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AJ
Received Not published42 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AJ
Received Not publishedOwlets The Glade Hutton Essex CM13 2JL
Received Not publishedWoodcroft 5 The Firs Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9JF
Received Not publishedWeald Hall Wigley Bush Lane South Weald Essex CM14 5QP
Received Not publishedEntire Land East Of A128 South Of A127 Tilbury Road West Horndon Essex
Received Not publishedLittlecroft Mill Hill Shenfield Essex CM15 8EU
Received Not publishedLand Off Chelmsford Road Shenfield
Received Not publishedRose Cottage Ingatestone Road Blackmore Essex CM4 0RS
Received Not published25 Tomlyns Close Hutton Essex CM13 1PU
Received Not publishedPumping Station Cottage Great Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3JR
Received Not published11 Cadogan Avenue West Horndon Essex CM13 3TU
Received Not published145 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JR
Received Not published145 Worrin Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8JR
Received Not publishedRomy House 163 - 167 Kings Road Brentwood CM14 4EG
Received Not publishedEndeavour School Hogarth Avenue Brentwood Essex CM15 8BE
Received Not publishedWildwood 2 Herington Grove Hutton Essex CM13 2NN
Received Not published3 Queen Street Warley Essex CM14 5JZ
Received Not published28 Mores Lane Pilgrims Hatch South Weald Essex CM14 5RZ
Received Not publishedGarages Highwood Close Brentwood Essex
Received Not publishedHutton Village Nursing Home Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RX
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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