Basement approval rate in Brentwood
Brentwood approved 81.0% of basement applications, based on 168 decisions analysed.
Last updated: September 2026
81.0%
basement approval rate
168
Basement decisions
136
Approved
32
Refused
79.4%
Brentwood overall
Basement applications are approved at roughly the same rate as the Brentwood average (79.4%).
How basement compares in Brentwood
Basement
81.0%
Brentwood all applications
79.4%
Planning a basement in Brentwood?
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Other project types in Brentwood
83.5%
83.2%
81.8%
73.1%
83.2%
79.8%
86.1%
70.1%
84.0%
79.7%
76.9%
76.3%
82.0%
67.4%
55.6%