Planning application
ORIGIN, WESTERN ROAD, BRACKNELL, RG12 1US
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior approval for the proposed change of use from offices (Class E (g) to dwellings (Class C3) to create 53 flats.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0836
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0836
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 7 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Priestwood & Garth
- Parish
- Bracknell Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG12 1US
Comment by 28 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Bracknell Forest through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Sep 2026
Received by Bracknell Forest
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14 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 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
27 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.
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