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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
23,614 approved · 3,482 refused · 2,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
BROOK BARN, CHURCH LANE, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 6EG
Received Not published21 CAVES FARM CLOSE, SANDHURST, GU47 8EA
Received Not publishedJEALOTTS HILL RESEARCH STATION, JEALOTTS HILL, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 6EY
Received Not published36 HIGH STREET, BRACKNELL, RG12 1LL
Received Not publishedABBEY FARM HOUSE, WINKFIELD LANE, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4QU
Received Not publishedOWLSMOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL, 22-42 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, OWLSMOOR, SANDHURST, GU47 0TA
Received Not publishedEDGBARROW SCHOOL, GRANT ROAD, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7HZ
Received Not published7 SHERWOOD CLOSE, BRACKNELL, RG12 2SB
Received Not publishedPhase 5B Land At Former TRL Site, Old Wokingham Road, Berkshire
Received Not published2 CARNATION DRIVE, WINKFIELD ROW, BRACKNELL, RG42 7QT
Received Not published15 LOCKS RIDE, ASCOT, SL5 8RA
Received Not published40a Moray Avenue College Town Sandhurst GU47 0XE
Received Not published11 KENT FOLLY, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 3UB
Received Not publishedDOWNSHIRE GOLF COURSE, WEST ROAD, WOKINGHAM, RG40 3DH
Received Not publishedHORSE SHOE LAKE WATER SPORTS CENTRE, MILL LANE, SANDHURST, GU47 8JW
Received Not published94 NEW ROAD, ASCOT, SL5 8QQ
Received Not published12 ALDRIDGE PARK, WINKFIELD ROW, BRACKNELL, RG42 7NU
Received Not published90 MOORDALE AVENUE, BRACKNELL, RG42 1SY
Received Not published15 ALBION ROAD, SANDHURST, GU47 9BP
Received Not published15 ALDENHAM TERRACE, BRACKNELL, RG12 7PR
Received Not publishedHUNGERFORD BOTTOM, FOREST ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4HL
Received Not published27 HANKLEY COMMON, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4LT
Received Not published3 ARLINGTON CLOSE, BRACKNELL, RG42 1YF
Received Not published10 WESTWOOD GROVE, ASCOT, SL5 8GB
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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