We currently collect and process the following information:
The personal information we process is provided to us by you when you submit your planning application or make representations in relation to an application. We use the information as part of the planning decision making process, in order to process your application.
Planning applications may be submitted, or representations made, in a variety of ways and we may therefore receive the information using the following:
The Planning Portal has its own privacy notice.
The personal information processed in relation to planning enforcement may be provided to us by you as an individual, or from the following:
We use the information for one or more of the following reasons:
We receive the personal information in the following ways:
The personal information we process is provided to us by you when you submit a comment on a planning policy document (for example: Local Plan, or Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) or neighbourhood planning documents). This is used in order to inform planning policy documents.
Information that we collect is:
These are only used to inform the named person of outcomes of the different stages of the planning policy process that the person has expressed an interest in.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing the information is Article 6 of the UK GDPR:
Our obligation to carry out a public task, is found in the following:
Where we use consent to process your personal data, we will explain to you what we are asking you to agree to and why.
If we have consent to use your personal data, you have the right to remove it at any time. If you remove your consent we are unlikely to be able to provide continued services to you.
If you want to remove your consent, email development.plan@bracknell-forest.gov.uk and we will deal with your request.
As a local authority, we have a duty to make some details contained in planning applications, as well as other documents used in the planning process, available to the public so that they can comment on the application. We publish the names and addresses of applicants, agents and anyone making representation on a planning application.
A weekly report of all planning applications received and planning decisions issued is circulated internally to other teams within the council on our internal distribution list of consultees, and to councillors.
We may be required to pass information to the following organisations so that they may respond to the complaints or concerns about breaches that fall within their remit:
Any information that we collect is not shared with any other parties. It is used solely for the purpose of informing the policy documents and keeping any interested parties up to date with the different stages of the documents that they have shown interest in.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have 28 days to respond to you.
To make a request, contact:
If you need service adjustments, email:
