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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
23,519 approved · 3,472 refused · 2,131 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
4 WHITTON ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 9TZ
Received Not published5 POYLE GARDENS, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG12 2QZ
Received Not publishedTREE TOPS, 3 CUMBERLAND DRIVE, BRACKNELL, RG12 2PJ
Received Not published2 ROBIN LANE, SANDHURST, GU47 9AU
Received Not published22B THE ELMS, WARFIELD PARK, BRACKNELL, RG42 3RP
Received Not published47 FERNBANK PLACE, ASCOT, SL5 8HJ
Received Not publishedHOPE FARM, WINKFIELD LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4QU
Received Not publishedTHE CHIMES, WINKFIELD LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4SR
Received Not publishedSEQUOIA FIELD and BARN END, WELLINGTONIA AVENUE, FINCHAMPSTEAD, RG45 6AD
Received Not publishedLand adjoining 2 Brockhill Farm Cottages, Bracknell Road, Warfield, RG42 6JY
Received Not publishedLand West of Maize Lane, Bracknell
Received Not publishedLand at Malt Hill, Malt Hill, Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6JQ
Received Not publishedNorth Street Garage, North Street, Winkfield, Windsor, SL4 4TF
Received Not published107 KELDHOLME, BRACKNELL, RG12 7RS
Received Not publishedTROPIKHANNA, GOLDEN ORB WOOD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4BW
Received Not published81 LOWER BROADMOOR ROAD, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7HA
Received Not published5 COOKHAM CLOSE, SANDHURST, GU47 9RT
Received Not publishedLand south of Wokingham, East of Finchampstead Road, and west of Waterloo Road, Wokingham
Received Not publishedLand On The South East Side Of Turnpike Road Binfield Bracknell Berkshire RG42 1FT
Received Not publishedSANDHURST SCHOOL, 28 OWLSMOOR ROAD, OWLSMOOR, SANDHURST, GU47 0SD
Received Not publishedEDGBARROW SCHOOL, GRANT ROAD, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7HZ
Received Not published1 THE BRACCANS, LONDON ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 2GR
Received Not published6 DRAYTON CLOSE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9AY
Received Not published7 DRAYTON CLOSE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9AY
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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