South East

Bracknell Forest planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

37.0%

272nd of 297

25.7 points slower than England

Granted

95.2%

80th of 297

4.7 points higher than England

Extension of time

55.9%

276th of 297

23.6 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

311

Bracknell Forest decided 311 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 95.2%.

37.0% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (272nd of 297 for speed).

A further 55.9% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is down from 43.9% a year earlier.

Of 10 householder appeals decided in the same period, 40.0% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Bracknell Forest against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	93.1%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	99.4%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	94.8%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	94.9%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	94.4%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	94.4%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	93.1%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	91.6%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	95.5%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	94.8%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	95.9%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	89.4%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	92.2%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	94.3%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	95.6%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	96.6%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	97.9%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	89.6%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	84.3%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	91.8%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	91.7%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	87.1%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	86.2%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	84.7%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	86.1%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	81.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	86.3%	6.8%	82.5%
2014 Q4	70.6%	16.7%	82.1%
2015 Q1	70.8%	17.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	75.9%	16.1%	80.6%
2015 Q3	71.8%	26.3%	79.2%
2015 Q4	77.3%	19.5%	80.0%
2016 Q1	79.0%	18.1%	78.3%
2016 Q2	81.0%	15.1%	79.8%
2016 Q3	81.5%	14.5%	77.7%
2016 Q4	80.9%	15.4%	78.0%
2017 Q1	83.9%	14.4%	77.3%
2017 Q2	80.5%	18.9%	78.5%
2017 Q3	90.2%	9.2%	76.1%
2017 Q4	78.0%	21.2%	77.1%
2018 Q1	85.7%	14.3%	73.7%
2018 Q2	65.8%	34.2%	74.0%
2018 Q3	71.3%	26.1%	72.7%
2018 Q4	63.3%	34.9%	72.7%
2019 Q1	60.2%	34.7%	69.9%
2019 Q2	58.6%	34.6%	72.1%
2019 Q3	71.6%	23.9%	69.6%
2019 Q4	74.3%	21.9%	71.5%
2020 Q1	48.7%	48.7%	68.4%
2020 Q2	53.2%	40.4%	63.9%
2020 Q3	53.3%	39.0%	63.8%
2020 Q4	48.9%	47.3%	65.3%
2021 Q1	47.5%	44.4%	59.4%
2021 Q2	35.0%	59.3%	58.4%
2021 Q3	24.8%	53.1%	53.1%
2021 Q4	10.4%	72.6%	53.0%
2022 Q1	11.5%	77.0%	51.6%
2022 Q2	13.7%	71.0%	56.0%
2022 Q3	26.8%	51.6%	53.3%
2022 Q4	27.3%	54.7%	54.1%
2023 Q1	43.4%	47.2%	53.5%
2023 Q2	45.9%	44.9%	58.5%
2023 Q3	43.8%	42.7%	59.0%
2023 Q4	53.6%	44.3%	59.8%
2024 Q1	42.5%	55.2%	58.8%
2024 Q2	58.3%	35.4%	64.4%
2024 Q3	44.6%	50.9%	64.2%
2024 Q4	53.4%	45.2%	65.6%
2025 Q1	41.9%	56.8%	62.1%
2025 Q2	36.1%	61.4%	65.0%
2025 Q3	40.6%	50.0%	62.5%
2025 Q4	40.4%	50.0%	64.7%
2026 Q1	36.4%	59.7%	60.6%
2026 Q2	28.8%	66.7%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Bracknell Forest against England

Bracknell Forest
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Bracknell Forest	England
2008 Q1	83.4%	85.1%
2008 Q2	81.9%	86.1%
2008 Q3	78.2%	86.3%
2008 Q4	75.4%	85.3%
2009 Q1	87.8%	85.9%
2009 Q2	78.7%	86.8%
2009 Q3	85.1%	87.4%
2009 Q4	77.9%	86.9%
2010 Q1	83.3%	87.0%
2010 Q2	83.5%	88.0%
2010 Q3	81.4%	87.7%
2010 Q4	88.3%	87.5%
2011 Q1	87.8%	87.9%
2011 Q2	92.4%	88.5%
2011 Q3	92.0%	88.3%
2011 Q4	92.0%	88.3%
2012 Q1	92.7%	88.2%
2012 Q2	92.2%	89.2%
2012 Q3	93.9%	89.0%
2012 Q4	82.4%	88.9%
2013 Q1	92.7%	89.8%
2013 Q2	92.2%	90.6%
2013 Q3	94.6%	90.3%
2013 Q4	95.9%	89.6%
2014 Q1	94.1%	89.8%
2014 Q2	89.3%	90.5%
2014 Q3	98.5%	90.0%
2014 Q4	93.7%	89.2%
2015 Q1	87.7%	89.3%
2015 Q2	93.4%	90.2%
2015 Q3	93.6%	90.0%
2015 Q4	92.9%	89.2%
2016 Q1	93.3%	90.0%
2016 Q2	96.0%	90.3%
2016 Q3	87.9%	90.2%
2016 Q4	92.6%	89.7%
2017 Q1	96.6%	89.9%
2017 Q2	97.0%	90.5%
2017 Q3	97.4%	90.0%
2017 Q4	94.9%	90.1%
2018 Q1	94.1%	90.5%
2018 Q2	97.4%	91.0%
2018 Q3	94.8%	91.2%
2018 Q4	99.1%	90.5%
2019 Q1	95.9%	90.3%
2019 Q2	99.2%	91.0%
2019 Q3	98.5%	90.6%
2019 Q4	99.0%	89.8%
2020 Q1	89.7%	89.9%
2020 Q2	94.7%	90.2%
2020 Q3	96.2%	90.6%
2020 Q4	96.2%	90.3%
2021 Q1	96.9%	90.9%
2021 Q2	99.3%	91.2%
2021 Q3	92.0%	91.0%
2021 Q4	98.1%	90.1%
2022 Q1	94.7%	90.0%
2022 Q2	100.0%	90.4%
2022 Q3	97.4%	89.8%
2022 Q4	92.2%	89.4%
2023 Q1	91.5%	89.3%
2023 Q2	92.9%	89.2%
2023 Q3	91.7%	88.6%
2023 Q4	95.9%	88.2%
2024 Q1	97.7%	88.2%
2024 Q2	99.0%	89.1%
2024 Q3	94.6%	89.4%
2024 Q4	97.3%	88.6%
2025 Q1	95.9%	89.3%
2025 Q2	83.1%	90.4%
2025 Q3	93.8%	90.1%
2025 Q4	95.2%	90.1%
2026 Q1	96.1%	90.6%
2026 Q2	95.5%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks37.0%
8 to 13 weeks4.8%
13 to 26 weeks1.6%
Over 26 weeks0.6%
Extension of time agreed55.9%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	115
8 to 13 weeks	15
13 to 26 weeks	5
Over 26 weeks	2
Extension of time agreed	174

Appeals

Decided: 10
Allowed: 40.0%
Median wait: 15 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Bracknell Forest has published 6 conservation areas.
Bracknell Forest has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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