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Brentwood

In the last 12 months, 83.9% of householder applications were approved in Brentwood (267 decided). A typical householder decision takes about ten weeks (median 67 days).

Full planning applications: 76.2% approved (126 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-25–2026-07-03): 86.8% of 3,298 decisions approved.

3,935Total applications
2,864Approved
434Refused
124Withdrawn
486Pending
86.8%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,085 912 173
84.1%
Full Planning Application 537 408 129
76.0%
Discharge of Conditions 442 435 7
98.4%
Tree Works (TPO) 389 381 8
97.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 295 256 39
86.8%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 150 130 20
86.7%
Prior Approval (Other) 129 112 17
86.8%
Listed Building Consent 70 56 14
80.0%
Advertisement Consent 66 58 8
87.9%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 55 55 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 41 33 8
80.5%
Pr Not (New Floors)Additional Storeys 15 11 4
73.3%
Outline Planning 8 3 5
37.5%
Telecommunications 5 4 1
80.0%
Reserved Matters 4 4 0
100.0%
Demolition 3 3 0
100.0%
Forestry Development 1 1 0
100.0%
Pr Not Dwellings on commerical detached 1 1 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 1 0 1
0.0%
Essex County Council 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 252 212
84.1%
2023-Q4 277 237
85.6%
2024-Q1 259 226
87.3%
2024-Q2 252 214
84.9%
2024-Q3 275 242
88.0%
2024-Q4 273 244
89.4%
2025-Q1 259 225
86.9%
2025-Q2 259 229
88.4%
2025-Q3 238 213
89.5%
2025-Q4 302 266
88.1%
2026-Q1 257 219
85.2%
2026-Q2 34 28
82.4%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Ingatestone, Fryerning And Mountnessing 400 356 44
89.0%
Shenfield 351 323 28
92.0%
Herongate, Ingrave And West Horndon 251 211 40
84.1%
Hutton South 246 225 21
91.5%
Brentwood South 235 194 41
82.6%
Hutton East 232 188 44
81.0%
Brizes, Stondon Massey And South Weald 203 172 31
84.7%
Pilgrims Hatch 194 166 28
85.6%
Warley 191 169 22
88.5%
Hutton North 176 161 15
91.5%
Brentwood West 162 138 24
85.2%
Brentwood North 162 145 17
89.5%
Planning guides

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