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Bracknell Forest planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates30,096Searchable applications
430Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 25,736 approved or refused records
3,321Refused applications
22,415 approved · 3,321 refused · 2,065 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas4 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- Decision Made17/00064/TR5
TPO 68 - 5 Day notification to monolith 1 tree
Rosina Cottage Crowthorne Road Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 8PD
Received Not published - Decision Made17/00817/FUL
Erection of outbuilding. (Retrospective)
71 Church Road Owlsmoor Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0TP
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00260/FUL
Erection of a conservatory to the rear.
Old Orchard Forest Road Hayley Green Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6DG
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00261/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
The Roebuck St Marks Road Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4AJ
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00323/A
Display of externally illuminated sign and non-illuminated projecting sign.
5 - 6 Rectory Row Rectory Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7BN
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00324/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension with roof lights, part conversion of garage into habitable accomodation following demolition of existing conservatory, widening of existing access and drive.
14 Wilstrode Avenue Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4UW
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00055/COND
Details pursuant to condition 3 (hard and soft landscaping) of planning permission 15/00292/ful
Street Record Abingdon Close Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00438/NMA
Non material amendment to planning permission 14/01013/FUL for the addition of a velux window to front roof elevation and amendment of rear extension roof from flat to pitched.
18 Coppice Green Bracknell Berkshire RG42 1TL
Received Not published - Decision Made15/01232/PAH
Application for prior approval for the erection of single storey rear extension following the demolition of the existing conservatory
49 Simkins Close Winkfield Row Bracknell Berkshire RG42 7QS
Received Not published - Decision Made15/01247/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension with glazed roof lantern, including the insertion of three windows on the ground floor west elevation of the dwelling
316 Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0PZ
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00244/COND
Confirmation of compliance with conditions for planning permission 605407 and 600560.
Boyd Court Downshire Way Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00245/COND
Confirmation of compliance with conditions for planning permission 620232
Street Record Hoffman Close Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made15/00246/COND
Confirmation of compliance with conditions for planning permission 620980, 623061 and 623431.
Street Record Weaver Moss Sandhurst Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made15/01264/FUL
Section 73 application for the temporary suspension of condition 3 of planning permission 14/00277/FUL for the erection of a single storey outbuilding following demolition of the existing single storey outbuilding to allow use of the outbuilding as primary living accommodation during construction of new dwelling.
38 Brookside Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9AP
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00800/FUL
Erection of a 5no. bed dwelling, with associated garage, car parking area, landscaping and change of use and extension of an existing outbuilding to form an annex providing residential accommodation ancillary to the use of the main dwellinghouse. (An exemption for CIL self-build housing has been granted for this proposal. The applicant shall comply with the requirements in parts 54A to 54D of the CIL Regulations 2010 (as amended)).
Pine Acres Birch Lane Ascot Berkshire SL5 8RF
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00801/LDC
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the continued use of the whole site for equestrian purposes including the use of existing buildings for stables, the use of paddocks for keeping of non-agricultural horses and use of parts of the site for training horses.
Handpost Farm Bracknell Road Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 6LD
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00802/FUL
Change of use and enclosure of garden centre land to use as a dog day care centre (sui generis), and erection of detached wooden building to be used as part of the facility. (Demolished)
Wyevale Garden Centre Forest Road Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4HA
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00803/FUL
Extension to existing cattle shed to proved shelter to existing feeding area.
Windmill Farm Malt Hill Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00804/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension and single storey front and side extension, following demolition of existing side element.
34 Saffron Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7BS
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00176/COND
Details pursuant to Condition 11 (SuDS) of reserved matters approval 15/00908/REM.
Land North Of Harvest Ride and South Of Forest Road and East Of West End Lane West End Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Withdrawn17/00882/NMA
Non Material Amendment to plans, elevations and site materials to enable construction on site for planning permission 16/01233/FUL.
Edenfield Larges Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9AT
Received Not published - Decision Made14/00752/FUL
Erection a pole mounted CCTV camera over car park.
Land At Cain Road Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00948/CLPUD
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed siting of a mobile home incidental to the enjoyment of the main dwelling.
14 Chaplains Hill Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7HH
Received Not published - Decision Made16/00949/A
Display of 3no. externally illuminated signs, and 4no. non-illuminated signs. (Expires 01/12/2021)
The Rose and Crown Woodside Road Winkfield Windsor Berkshire SL4 2DP
Received Not published
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What these statistics cover
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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