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PA/2026/0868 - Observation Valid

Proposal

Hybrid application comprising an outline application with all matters reserved except means of access for a mixed-use, residential-led development (up to 850 dwellings), including a neighbourhood centre (Use Classes E/F), a one-form entry primary school (if required) (Use Class F), provision of 5 Gypsy and Traveller pitches with associated hardstanding and landscaping, public open space, play areas, allotments, drainage and other infrastructure, landscaping, and the demolition of existing buildings on the site; and a full application for the proposed Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) with associated car parking and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 21:00

Application progress

✓

Received

8 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

11 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Nov 2026 and 16 Dec 2026, from Bracknell Forest's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 2

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 8 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Bracknell Forest
Application type: Observation
Received: 8 Sept 2026
Validated: 11 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 91-day target. Bracknell Forest usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 79.

prediction

Day 2863 days to the 91-day target

32%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

87decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Bracknell Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Bracknell Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

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Bracknell Forest

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#254 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Bracknell Forest is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #269 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 59% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Bracknell Forest decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #125 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #147 of 296

38%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #269 of 296

59%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #263 of 296

81%

Minor dwellings approved

26 decided (1-9 homes)

79%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

83%

Change of use approved

30 decided

502

Total decisions

53 refused in the year to March 2026