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.
14,075 approved · 1,476 refused · 1,165 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nutcroft 20 Priory Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 2JU
Received Not published9 Sherring Close Bracknell Berkshire RG42 2LD
Received Not published132 Bullbrook Drive Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2QS
Received Not publishedNutcroft 20 Priory Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 2JU
Received Not publishedWinkfield St Marys Church Of England Primary School Winkfield Row Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6NH
Received Not publishedRackstraw Farm Public House 221 Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0RT
Received Not publishedNew Lodge Drift Road Winkfield Windsor Berkshire SL4 4RR
Received Not publishedThe Bull 56 High Street Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1DP
Received Not publishedThe Bull 56 High Street Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1DP
Received Not published99 Owlsmoor Road Owlsmoor Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0SS
Received Not published60 Dunford Place Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4UQ
Received Not publishedCottrells Sandy Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2JG
Received Not publishedAlpine Lodge Sequoia Field Farm Wellingtonia Avenue Crowthorne Wokingham Berkshire RG45 6AD
Received Not publishedWest End Stables West End Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 5RH
Received Not published14 Patrick Gardens Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 3EZ
Received Not publishedSweet Pea Cottage 26 Nursery Lane Ascot Berkshire SL5 8PY
Received Not published9 Bluethroat Close College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0XT
Received Not publishedWellington College Dukes Ride Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not published9 Bluethroat Close College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0XT
Received Not published27 Beech Ride Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 8PS
Received Not publishedWellington College Dukes Ride Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not publishedGreat Hollands Recreation Ground South Road Wokingham Berkshire
Received Not publishedMilcote and Nook Cottage Kings Ride Ascot Berkshire SL5 8AB
Received Not publishedLand North Of Harvest Ride and South Of Forest Road and East Of West End Lane West End Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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