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
23,004 approved · 3,394 refused · 2,098 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Laundry House Wellington College Dukes Ride Crowthorne Berkshire
Received Not publishedBeech House London Road Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4AB
Received Not publishedOxford Cottage Farm Winkfield Lane Winkfield Windsor SL4 4QS
Received Not published48 South Lynn Crescent Bracknell Berkshire RG12 7JY
Received Not publishedYorkdale London Road Bracknell RG12 2UL
Received Not published82 Wroxham Bracknell Berkshire RG12 8QR
Received Not published4 The Avenue Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 6PD
Received Not publishedJack O'Newbury Terrace Road North Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 5PH
Received Not published14 Culvercroft Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 4DF
Received Not published14 Hatchgate Copse Bracknell RG12 8GG
Received Not publishedLand West Of St Annes Drive and South Of London Road Wokingham Berkshire
Received Not published61 Ashbourne Bracknell Berkshire RG12 8SH
Received Not publishedWestwood House Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 8BA
Received Not published248 Yorktown Road College Town Sandhurst GU47 0RX
Received Not publishedLavenir Opladen Way Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not published25 High Street Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1DL
Received Not publishedWillow Farm Bottle Lane Warfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 5RX
Received Not published36 Sycamore Rise Bracknell Berkshire RG12 9BU
Received Not publishedWinsdene Forest Road Winkfield Row Bracknell Berkshire RG42 7PY
Received Not publishedLand North Of Cain Road Cain Road Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not publishedThistledown Farm Garsons Lane Warfield Bracknell RG42 6JA
Received Not publishedFormer Bus Station Site Market Street Bracknell Berkshire
Received Not publishedEast Berks Service Station London Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 2TB
Received Not publishedThe Old Laundry House Wellington College Dukes Ride Crowthorne Berkshire
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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