Land Adjacent To Oak Tree Farm Known As Oak Tree Cricket Centre Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0790 - Observation Valid
Commercial & major works

Proposal

Restrospective application for engineering works relating to the resurfacing, bunds, drainage, and the raising of ground levels to facilitate the use of the land for a cricket pitch. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 1 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 71.

The consultation period closed on 24 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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.
National infrastructure project 473 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
The site is 473 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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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Other new applications on this street

28 Aug 2026Pending

DUKESMEAD COTTAGE, BINFIELD LODGE, TWYFORD ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 5QB

Proposed side extension to existing outbuilding

PA/2026/0822

Nearby new applications

25 Sept 2026Pending

Oak Tree Farm Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell RG42 5QD

Single storey rear extension, removal of the existing thatched roof to expose ex...

26/01809/FULL
23 Sept 2026Pending

Oak Tree House Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell RG42 5QD

Extension of sports and fitness barn (Use F2) following the demolition of the ex...

26/02178/FULL
22 Sept 2026Pending

WILLOW TREE COTTAGE, SPINNING WHEEL LANE, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 5QH

Demolition of the existing extension and construction of single storey side and ...

PA/2026/0900
28 Aug 2026Pending

DUKESMEAD COTTAGE, BINFIELD LODGE, TWYFORD ROAD, BINFIELD, BRACKNELL, RG42 5QB

Proposed side extension to existing outbuilding

PA/2026/0822

Important details

Council
Bracknell Forest
Application type
Observation
Postcode
RG42 5QD
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Binfield North and Warfield West (Historical)
Parish
Binfield Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 71, past the statutory target. 88% of other in Bracknell Forest are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 17 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 13 Sept 2026.

Day 7115 days past the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
2,204decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent other in Bracknell Forest to go on. Bracknell Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Oak Tree Farm Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell Berkshire
Redevelopment of part of site to provide four dwellings with associated access, parking a…
25/00579/FUL
2022 Refused
Oak Tree Farm Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell RG42 5QD
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 8 new dwellings and the retention of the…
22/30011/SMI
2021 Refused
Oak Tree Farm And Barn At Oak Tree Farm Twyford Road Binfield Bracknell
Redevelopment of part of the site to provide 8no. detached dwellings, retention of the ex…
21/03323/FULL
2020 Approved
Oak Tree Farm Binfield Bracknell RG42 5QD
Change of use of the existing cottage to an independent dwelling with private garden, par…
20/00727/FULL
Bracknell Forest
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#254 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings