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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
23,495 approved · 3,467 refused · 2,130 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 FAWLER MEAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 9YW
Received Not publishedRSA House, Western Road , Berkshire, Bracknell, RG42 1RX
Received Not publishedSTEWART HOUSE, 21 SEYMOUR DRIVE, ASCOT, SL5 8FX
Received Not published1 PRIESTWOOD AVENUE, BRACKNELL, RG42 1UH
Received Not publishedBeaufort Park South Road Wokingham Berkshire
Received Not published39 CHURCH ROAD EAST, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7ND
Received Not published28 GOLDSMITH WAY, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7QP
Received Not publishedLand at East of Lovelace Road , Sergo Park , Bracknell , RG12 8GU
Received Not publishedThe Observatory, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RW
Received Not publishedLand west of Old Wokingham Road and North and South of, Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, (Proposed SDL Extension).
Received Not publishedCOLUMBIA CENTRE, STATION ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 1LP
Received Not publishedPOPESCROFT LODGE, POPESWOOD ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4AD
Received Not publishedRADIUS COURT, EASTERN ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 2UP
Received Not publishedSMOOTHFIELD, WINKFIELD LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4QU
Received Not publishedSMOOTHFIELD, WINKFIELD LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4QU
Received Not publishedTree T138 at the entrance to , Palm Hills Estate , London Road , Bracknell , RG12 9TN
Received Not publishedMEADOWS CROFT, NORTH STREET, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4TH
Received Not published45 FRENSHAM, BRACKNELL, RG12 0TQ
Received Not published65 KNIGHTSWOOD, BRACKNELL, RG12 7ZS
Received Not publishedPinewood Campus, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, RG40 3EW
Received Not published41 HITHERHOOKS HILL, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4QW
Received Not publishedLand at junction of Wood Lane and Forest Road Wood Lane
Received Not publishedJunction Of Waterloo Road, Old Wokingham Road and Peacock Lane Wokingham Berkshire
Received Not publishedLAMBROOK, WINKFIELD ROW, BRACKNELL, RG42 6LU
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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