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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
24,035 approved · 3,535 refused · 2,158 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
WILLOW HOUSE, RANELAGH DRIVE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9DA
Received Not publishedWILLOW HOUSE, RANELAGH DRIVE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9DA
Received Not publishedPADDOCKS END, WINKFIELD ROW, BRACKNELL, RG42 6LX
Received Not publishedBLOOM HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 4BU
Received Not published45 TIPPITS MEAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 1FH
Received Not published8 SWEDISH HOUSES, TILEHURST LANE, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 5JP
Received Not publishedLand at Phase 5C, Bucklers Park, Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell
Received Not published39 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7EP
Received Not published45 SOUTH MEADOW, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7HJ
Received Not publishedSANTA CATALINA, 21 PRINCE CONSORT DRIVE, ASCOT, SL5 8AW
Received Not publishedSANTA CATALINA, 21 PRINCE CONSORT DRIVE, ASCOT, SL5 8AW
Received Not publishedLand west of Old Wokingham Road and south of Waterloo Road, Wokingham, Berkshire
Received Not published4 BRAYBROOKE ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG42 2HN
Received Not publishedMILBERTON, WINKFIELD ROW, BRACKNELL, RG42 6NA
Received Not publishedMEADOWS CROFT, NORTH STREET, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4TH
Received Not publishedThe Braccans, London Road, Bracknell, RG12 2XH
Received Not published2 SQUIRREL CLOSE, SANDHURST, GU47 9DL
Received Not publishedSPRING COTTAGE, 48 YEOVIL ROAD, OWLSMOOR, SANDHURST, GU47 0TE
Received Not published127 FERNBANK ROAD, ASCOT, SL5 8JT
Received Not publishedLand Parcel 2, Land East of Old Priory Lane &, West of Maize Lane, Bracknell, RG42 6AN
Received Not publishedJOCKS COPSE, BOLTONS LANE, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL
Received Not publishedCONIFERS, LONG HILL ROAD, ASCOT, SL5 8RE
Received Not published2 BURNT HOUSE GARDENS, WARFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 3XY
Received Not publishedPriory Fields, Newell Green , Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6DW
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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