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Brentwood: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Brentwood Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of ESS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Essex County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Brentwood for 2026–27: £223.49 of a £2,258.14 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)
- Woodlands School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 9 July 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £93,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £95,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.9 million |
| Cultural and related services | £931,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £4.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £4.1 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £16.5 million |
Life in Brentwood: the official facts
- People living here
- 80,104 people
- Typical age
- 42 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £38,454
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £781
- Children growing up in poverty
- 14.2%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.5%
- Average price of a home
- £522,672
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 10.5 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 5.5 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 84.7%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 97.1 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,700 businesses
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and Labour.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 16, Conservative and Unionist 12, Reform UK 8, Labour Party 2, Independent / Other 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- Keith Parker (Conservative and Unionist) — Blackmore & Doddinghurst
- Peter Gregory (Reform UK) — Blackmore & Doddinghurst
- Roger McCheyne (Conservative and Unionist) — Blackmore & Doddinghurst
- Alison Fulcher (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood North
- Philip Mynott (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood North
- Steve Mayo (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood North
- Gareth Barrett (Labour Party) — Brentwood South
- Sophie Aaron (Reform UK) — Brentwood South
- Tim Barrett (Labour Party) — Brentwood South
- Brenner Munden (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood West
- David Kendall (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood West
- Nigel Clarke (Liberal Democrats) — Brentwood West
- Chrissy Gelderbloem (Conservative and Unionist) — Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald
- Craig Thomson (Reform UK) — Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald
- Will Russell (Conservative and Unionist) — Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald
- Adrian Baldock (Conservative and Unionist) — Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon
- Omar Bakhsh (Reform UK) — Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon
- Sheila Murphy (Independent / Other) — Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon
- Adam Chinnery (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton East
- Ben Rigby (Liberal Democrats) — Hutton East
- Paul Godfrey (Reform UK) — Hutton East
- Jan Pound (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton North
- Jay Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton North
- Keith Barber (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton North
- Philippa Nicholson (Reform UK) — Hutton South
- Roger Hirst (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton South
- Russell Quirk (Reform UK) — Hutton South
- Darryl Sankey (Liberal Democrats) — Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
- Hugh Gorton (Liberal Democrats) — Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
- Lesley Wagland (Conservative and Unionist) — Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
- Barry Aspinell (Liberal Democrats) — Pilgrims Hatch
- Sam Gascoyne (Reform UK) — Pilgrims Hatch
- Vicky Davies (Liberal Democrats) — Pilgrims Hatch
- David Worsfold (Liberal Democrats) — Shenfield
- Nicky Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats) — Shenfield
- Thomas Gordon (Conservative and Unionist) — Shenfield
- Jay Laplain (Liberal Democrats) — Warley
- Mark Haigh (Liberal Democrats) — Warley
- Martin Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats) — Warley