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.
3,314 approved · 491 refused · 161 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Ninians Alexander Lane Hutton Essex
Received Not published34 Park Avenue Hutton Essex CM13 2QL
Received Not publishedHill House Cornsland Brentwood Essex CM14 4JN
Received Not published2 Church Lane Cottages Church Lane Doddinghurst Essex CM15 0NJ
Received Not published2 St Charles Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4TS
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex
Received Not publishedHolly Cottage Church Street Blackmore Essex CM4 0RN
Received Not publishedDawn Ranch Boarding Blind Lane Herongate Essex CM12 9SN
Received Not published85 Chelmsford Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8QP
Received Not published1 Burses Way Hutton Essex CM13 2PL
Received Not publishedCottage Garden Beads Hall Lane Pilgrims Hatch Essex CM15 9QP
Received Not published3 Princes Way Hutton Essex CM13 2JN
Received Not published106 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AP
Received Not publishedLand North Of Shenfield Alexander Lane Shenfield Essex CM15 8QF
Received Not publishedFirst Floor And Second Floor 104 High Street Brentwood Essex CM14 4AP
Received Not publishedCroft Cottage Warley Street Great Warley Essex CM13 3LA
Received Not published123 & Land South Of Roman Road Mountnessing Essex CM15 0UD
Received Not published54 Hamilton Crescent Warley Essex CM14 5ES
Received Not publishedThe Rising Sun 144 Ongar Road Brentwood Essex CM15 9DT
Received Not published16 Willowdene Court Warley Essex CM14 5ET
Received Not publishedThrift Wood Scout Training Centre Beech Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DP
Received Not published65 The Keatings Mill Lane Kelvedon Hatch Essex CM15 0XH
Received Not published9 Cedar Road Hutton Essex CM13 1NA
Received Not publishedAsh Farm Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0QE
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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