Planning application
408 YORKTOWN ROAD, COLLEGE TOWN, SANDHURST, GU47 0PR
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of the existing upper floors to create 4 self-contained apartments (2 above each commercial unit) under Class MA Permitted Development.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0686
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0686
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class G: Retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Binfield North & Warfield West;Owlsmoor & College Town
- Parish
- Binfield Parish Council;Sandhurst Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GU47 0PR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jul 2026
Received by Bracknell Forest
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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22 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Consultation
Previously Valid.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bracknell Forest took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bracknell Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bracknell Forest decided prior approval applications in a median of 42 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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402 YORKTOWN ROAD, COLLEGE TOWN, SANDHURST, GU47 0PR
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Withdrawn Full applications 6 docs
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