Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bracknell Forest Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,984 approved · 1,358 refused · 1,066 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Former TRL Site Old Wokingham Road Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not published24 Dalcross Bracknell Berkshire RG12 0UJ
Received Not published23 Oakdale Bracknell Berkshire RG12 0TG
Received Not published26 Warfield Road Bracknell Berkshire RG42 2JY
Received Not published262 Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0RX
Received Not published3 Faringdon Drive Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9NT
Received Not published21 Nightingale Crescent Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9PY
Received Not publishedThe New Leathern Bottle Maidenhead Road Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6ET
Received Not publishedThe New Leathern Bottle Maidenhead Road Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6ET
Received Not publishedChavey Down Lodge Long Hill Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9UE
Received Not publishedHeritage House Kings Ride Ascot Berkshire SL5 8AB
Received Not published40 Chapman Drive Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4GD
Received Not publishedLand At Phase 4A Bucklers Park Old Wokingham Road Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not publishedLand At Phase 4A Bucklers Park Old Wokingham Road Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not published1 Sandy Hills Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4JN
Received Not publishedHorseshoe House Warfield Street Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6AR
Received Not published4 Devon Chase Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 3JN
Received Not published71 Blackmoor Wood Ascot Berkshire SL5 8EL
Received Not publishedLand West Of Maize Lane and East Of Old Priory Lane (Land Parcel 3) Maize Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published2 Beenhams Heath Cottages Mare Lane Beenham Heath Shurlock Row Reading RG10 0QH
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of 71 Top Common (Whitegrove Copse) Harvest Ride Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published61 Vulcan Drive Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9GN
Received Not publishedLovania Birch Lane Ascot Berkshire SL5 8RF
Received Not publishedLovania Birch Lane Ascot SL5 8RF
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bracknell Forest Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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