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.
13,953 approved · 1,464 refused · 1,149 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakwood Waterloo Road Wokingham Berkshire RG40 3DA
Received Not published4 Hope Cottages Bracknell Road Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6LR
Received Not publishedLand At Reference C012Z Drift Road Winkfield Windsor Berkshire
Received Not published94 High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AT
Received Not published43 High Street Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1EA
Received Not publishedLand South Of Forest Road Rhododendron Walk Ascot Berkshire SL5 8PN
Received Not publishedThe Brackens London Road Ascot Berkshire
Received Not published16B Wellingtonias Warfield Park Bracknell Berkshire RG42 3RL
Received Not publishedLand Between Mulberry and The Acre Crouch Lane Winkfield Windsor Berkshire
Received Not published7 Lavender Park Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 8BD
Received Not published1 Matthews Chase Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4UR
Received Not publishedMazelyn Sunninghill Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 7RP
Received Not publishedSunnyside Forest Road Hayley Green Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6BU
Received Not published15 Branksome Hill Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0QE
Received Not publishedGreen Space Opposite 14 Knox Green Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4NZ
Received Not publishedStreet Record Drummond Close Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published15 Saxon Drive Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 7UX
Received Not publishedMeadows Lovel Road Winkfield Windsor Berkshire SL4 2EU
Received Not published14 Blackcap Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 8AA
Received Not publishedFour Oaks Wokingham Road Bracknell Berkshire RG42 1PN
Received Not publishedRoughwood Thibet Road Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9AR
Received Not publishedMazelyn Sunninghill Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 7RP
Received Not published11 Asher Drive Ascot Berkshire SL5 8LJ
Received Not publishedUnit 9 Brickfields Industrial Park Kiln Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1NQ
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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