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
22,910 approved · 3,386 refused · 2,095 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rackstraw Farm Public House 221 Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0RT
Received Not publishedAston Grange Ralphs Ride Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9LE
Received Not publishedFoundation House Eastern Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2UZ
Received Not published23 Jubilee Avenue Ascot Berkshire SL5 8NZ
Received Not published34 Alcot Close Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7NE
Received Not published6 Longshot Lane Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1RL
Received Not publishedBroadlands 38 The Broadway Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9AB
Received Not published39 Elizabeth Close Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9SY
Received Not publishedRoyal Military Academy Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0HL
Received Not publishedOakwood Waterloo Road Wokingham Berkshire RG40 3DA
Received Not published15 Matthews Chase Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4UR
Received Not publishedLand At Matthewsgreen Road Matthewsgreen Road Wokingham Berkshire
Received Not published43-55 High Street Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1EA
Received Not publishedJomar 60 College Road College Town Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 0QZ
Received Not publishedLand East Of Avery Lane and North Of Watersplash Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of 89 Locks Ride Locks Ride Ascot Berkshire
Received Not published1 Oxfordshire Place Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 3QA
Received Not publishedWhitegrove Copse Harvest Ride Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not publishedQuelm Lane Newport Drive Warfield Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published71 Qualitas Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7QG
Received Not published9 Stevenson Drive Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 5TB
Received Not published37A Fernbank Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 8EQ
Received Not publishedStreet Record Nine Mile Ride Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published6 Longdown Road Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 8QG
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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