Malt Hill Farm, Malt Hill, Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6JQ Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/1008 - Prior approval Part 3 Class Q Valid

Proposal

Application for prior approval for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to 2 no. dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) and associated operational development, those works reasonably necessary to facilitate the conversion, including replacement external cladding & partial demolition. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 19:44

Application progress

✓

Received

27 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 6 Dec 2026 and 16 Dec 2026, from Bracknell Forest's recent prior approvals.

Comments are open until 18 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 3

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 October 2026. 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: Prior approval Part 3 Class Q
Postcode: RG42 6JQ
Received: 27 Oct 2026
Validated: 27 Oct 2026
Ward: Winkfield and Warfield East
Parish: Warfield Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 2 of the 56-day target. Bracknell Forest usually decides prior approvals by day 42.

prediction

Day 254 days to the 56-day target

76%decided within 8 weeks

66%approved

37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Bracknell Forest in the last twelve months, from validation. Bracknell Forest decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Nov 2026

Bracknell Forest

Planning Authority Score

2.4/10

Poor

#254 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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