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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
23,577 approved · 3,477 refused · 2,136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land west of Old Wokingham Road and North and South of Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, (Proposed SDL Extension)
Received Not publishedMILLSIDE PARK, CROUCH LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR
Received Not published2 Woodend Close, Ascot, SL5 8LB
Received Not publishedCHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, CHURCH LANE, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 6EE
Received Not publishedGOATERS HILL COTTAGE, 21 ASHER DRIVE, ASCOT, SL5 8LJ
Received Not publishedCHARLCOMBE, POPESWOOD ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4AD
Received Not publishedCHELTENHAM HOUSE, 18 SEYMOUR DRIVE, ASCOT, SL5 8FX
Received Not publishedLand East of Coach Road/Cnr Forest Road, Winkfield Row, Ascot
Received Not published20 NEW ROAD, SANDHURST, GU47 8EF
Received Not publishedParcels R7 and R13, Land at Phase 2b of the South Wokingham Strategic Development Location (SDL)
Received Not published27 SYCAMORE RISE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9BU
Received Not publishedLand West of Old Wokingham Road, North and South of Easthampstead Road Wokingham
Received Not publishedCOPPID HALL, WARFIELD ROAD, BRACKNELL
Received Not published7 YEOVIL ROAD, OWLSMOOR, SANDHURST, GU47 0TF
Received Not publishedParcels R7 and R13, Land at Phase 2b of the South Wokingham Strategic Development Location (SDL)
Received Not publishedTHE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH ROAD, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4SF
Received Not published7 SAGE WALK, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 3SE
Received Not published164A NEW ROAD, ASCOT, SL5 8QH
Received Not published75 TOP COMMON, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 3SH
Received Not published11 CULVERCROFT, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4DF
Received Not publishedTEMPLE COPSE, TEMPLE WAY, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL
Received Not publishedTINKERS COPSE, BOLTONS LANE, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL
Received Not publishedROSE COTTAGE, WOODSIDE LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 2DN
Received Not publishedWINDY RIDGE, 21B BALLIOL WAY, OWLSMOOR, SANDHURST, GU47 0QN
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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