Brownfield land in Brentwood: 81 sites on the register
Part of development land in Essex — 1,414 sites across 14 councils.
Brentwood Borough Council has published 81 brownfield sites in Brentwood on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 72.0 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Brentwood register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horndon Industrial Estate, Station Road, West Horndon | 9.84 | — | not yet |
| 1 London Road, Brentwood, CM14 4QP | 5.43 | — | permissioned |
| Ford Offices Eagle Way, Great Warley, Warley, Brentwood CM13 3BW | 5.00 | — | permissioned |
| Council Depot, The Drive, Warley | 4.30 | — | not yet |
| Ford Offices Eagle Way, Great Warley, Warley, Brentwood CM13 3BW (car parking site) | 4.00 | — | not yet |
| Former Mountnessing Scrap Yard Roman Road Mountnessing | 2.63 | — | permissioned |
| De Rougemont Manor Great Warley Street Great Warley | 2.00 | — | permissioned |
| Waterworks Spring Farm, Dagwood Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood | 2.00 | — | permissioned |
Source: Brentwood Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 12 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Brentwood states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Brentwood register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Brentwood, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Brentwood
- Development land in Brentwood
- How much brownfield land is there in Brentwood?
- Where can I build houses in Brentwood?
- Brentwood land availability assessment
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