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.
3,315 approved · 491 refused · 161 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Spurgate Hutton Essex CM13 2JT
Received Not published46 Princes Way Hutton Essex CM13 2JW
Received Not published96 Woodman Road Warley Essex CM14 5AZ
Received Not publishedAnglo European School Willow Green Ingatestone Essex CM4 0DJ
Received Not publishedGlen Royal Wyatts Green Road Wyatts Green Essex CM15 0PJ
Received Not publishedLand At Kingfisher Farm Dagwood Lane Doddinghurst
Received Not publishedDawn Ranch Boarding Blind Lane Herongate Essex CM12 9SN
Received Not publishedBriar Cottage Horseman Side Navestock Essex CM14 5SS
Received Not publishedMapleton 6A Wambrook Close Hutton Essex CM13 2LR
Received Not publishedSherwood High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 9ED
Received Not published47 Hutton Village Hutton Essex CM13 1RU
Received Not publishedLittlecote Avenue Road Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HB
Received Not publishedDeeside 35 Whadden Chase Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HF
Received Not published2A Bowmont Close Hutton Essex CM13 1EB
Received Not published126 Ingrave Road Brentwood Essex CM13 2AG
Received Not published68 Tor Bryan Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HN
Received Not published57 High Street Ingatestone Essex CM4 0AT
Received Not published50 Byron Road Hutton Essex CM13 2SA
Received Not publishedStondon Hall (Auction) Yard, Ongar Road, Stondon Massey, Brentwood, CM15 0LD
Received Not publishedStondon Hall Farm Ongar Road Stondon Massey Essex
Received Not publishedHazelmere North Drive Hutton Essex CM13 1SH
Received Not published7 West Way Brentwood Essex CM14 4PB
Received Not publishedMalvern Cameron Close Ingatestone Essex CM4 9HA
Received Not published50 Rayleigh Road Hutton Essex CM13 1BA
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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