Sites with lapsed or refused planning wanted in Brentwood
If you own sites with lapsed or refused planning in or around Brentwood, we would like to hear about it. We buy directly and give a free, no-obligation appraisal.
Land with a lapsed consent or a refusal is not a dead end. We read the decision, the officer's report and any appeal history to judge whether a fresh approach could work.
- Size
- Any
- Planning
- Lapsed, refused or withdrawn
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Conditional or outright
Is your land in Brentwood the kind we want?
Sites around Brentwood with an old refusal can be worth a second look, especially where local or national policy has since changed. Sitting about 11 miles south-west of Chelmsford, Brentwood is within Essex, with Billericay and Upminster close by.
- Sites where planning permission has expired
- Land refused for design, access or technical reasons
- Sites where an appeal was dismissed on specific points
- Plots where policy has changed since the last decision
Essex is one of the most varied counties for land, from Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow to the Tendring coast and many rural villages. Much of the south and west is Metropolitan Green Belt, where grey belt and previously developed land are key, while north-east Essex, including Colchester and the Tendring coast, has none. Typical sites include edge-of-village fields, farmyards, former employment land and coastal-town brownfield sites.
Checks we make on sites with lapsed or refused planning in Brentwood
Reasons for refusal
The wording of each reason tells us what would need to change.
Policy changes
National and local policy may have moved since the last decision, for better or worse.
Technical work
Some refusals turn on drainage, highways or ecology evidence that can be improved.
The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 introduced Environmental Delivery Plans and a Nature Restoration Levy in England, which over time may offer an alternative to site-by-site mitigation for some environmental issues.
We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, around 114 miles from Brentwood, and we travel to see sites across England and Wales.
How we could buy your land in Brentwood
Subject-to-planning contract
The usual route: we make the revised application and complete on success.
Subject-to-planning contractJoint venture
You contribute the land, we fund and manage planning and delivery, and the proceeds are shared as agreed.
Joint ventureHow a sale to us works
Get in touch
Tell us where the land is and what you know about it.
Site review
We look at the land, its planning position and anything that could affect it.
Proposal
We put our proposal in writing, with no obligation to accept.
Exchange and completion
If you go ahead, contracts are exchanged and the sale completes on the agreed terms.
Frequently asked in Essex
Does a refusal make the land worth less?
It can affect value, but often the reasons can be addressed. Policy may also have changed since the decision.
My permission lapsed years ago. Is it still relevant?
Yes. An old permission shows the principle was once accepted, though current policy now applies.
Is Brentwood too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 114 miles from Brentwood, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
Which planning rules apply to land in Brentwood?
As Brentwood is in England, national policy comes from the National Planning Policy Framework, revised in August 2026. Local policies in the council's development plan also apply.