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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bracknell Forest Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bracknell Forest website
22,183 approved · 3,296 refused · 2,046 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 North Of Newhurst Gardens Newhurst Gardens Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published26 Beechwood Close Ascot Berkshire SL5 8QJ
Received Not published9 Wentworth Avenue Ascot Berkshire SL5 8HX
Received Not published55 Top Common Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 3SH
Received Not publishedBerkshire Golf Club Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 8AY
Received Not published37 Beedon Drive Bracknell Berkshire RG12 8GJ
Received Not published12 Swift Fields Bracknell Berkshire RG12 8BX
Received Not publishedOrchard Lea Drift Road Winkfield Windsor Berkshire
Received Not publishedBinfield House Nursery Terrace Road North Binfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not publishedStreet Record Wordsworth Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published83 South Meadow Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7HP
Received Not published108 Greenham Wood Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7WH
Received Not publishedMulti Storey Car Park Princess Square Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published43 St Michaels Road Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 8HD
Received Not published56 Harmans Water Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9PT
Received Not published2 Brookside Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9AF
Received Not publishedNorth Lodge Binfield Park Terrace Road North Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 5NT
Received Not published44 Appletree Way Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0UD
Received Not published43 Evesham Walk Owlsmoor Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0YU
Received Not published48 Scotland Hill Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 8JR
Received Not published57 Heath Hill Road South Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7BP
Received Not published18 Heath Hill Road North Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7BX
Received Not published128 Harmans Water Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9NB
Received Not published2 The Oaks Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2XG
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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