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Bracknell Forest: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Bracknell Forest Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South East. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Bracknell Forest for 2026–27: £1,781.46 of a £2,264.80 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £119.6 million |
| Highways and transport services | £8.0 million |
| Children's social care | £34.5 million |
| Adult social care | £61.1 million |
| Public health | £6.2 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £4.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £4.2 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £17.2 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.9 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £263.7 million |
Life in Bracknell Forest: the official facts
- People living here
- 132,145 people
- Typical age
- 40 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £29,177
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £727
- Children growing up in poverty
- 15.3%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.6%
- Average price of a home
- £391,521
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 9.5 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 67.0 years
- Years in good health: men
- 65.2 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.0 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 97.2%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 159.0 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,925 businesses
Who runs the council
41 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 18, Conservative and Unionist 10, Liberal Democrats 7, Independent / Other 4, Green Party (E&W) 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 41 councillors, by ward
- Adrian Haffegee (Green Party (E&W)) — Binfield North & Warfield West
- John Harrison (Conservative and Unionist) — Binfield North & Warfield West
- Sheila Collings (Green Party (E&W)) — Binfield North & Warfield West
- Georgia Pickering (Labour Party) — Binfield South & Jennett's Park
- Kathryn Neil (Labour Party) — Binfield South & Jennett's Park
- Stephen O'Regan (Labour Party) — Binfield South & Jennett's Park
- Caroline Egglestone (Independent / Other) — Bullbrook
- Iskandar Jefferies (Labour Party) — Bullbrook
- Nicholas Robertson (Conservative and Unionist) — Crowthorne
- Tina Eberle (Liberal Democrats) — Crowthorne
- Tina McKenzie-Boyle (Conservative and Unionist) — Crowthorne
- Guy Gillbe (Labour Party) — Easthampstead & Wildridings
- Helen Purnell (Labour Party) — Easthampstead & Wildridings
- Paul Bidwell (Labour Party) — Easthampstead & Wildridings
- Donna Pressland (Labour Party) — Great Hollands
- Gerry Webb (Labour Party) — Great Hollands
- Mary Temperton (Independent / Other) — Great Hollands
- Cath Thompson (Labour Party) — Hanworth
- Janet Cochrane (Labour Party) — Hanworth
- Jenny Penfold (Labour Party) — Hanworth
- Cherise Welch (Independent / Other) — Harmans Water & Crown Wood
- Jodie Watts (Labour Party) — Harmans Water & Crown Wood
- Peter Frewer (Labour Party) — Harmans Water & Crown Wood
- Nick Allen (Conservative and Unionist) — Owlsmoor & College Town
- Philip Thompson (Liberal Democrats) — Owlsmoor & College Town
- Ray Mossom (Conservative and Unionist) — Owlsmoor & College Town
- Michael Karim (Labour Party) — Priestwood & Garth
- Ryan Frost (Labour Party) — Priestwood & Garth
- Tricia Brown (Labour Party) — Priestwood & Garth
- Christoph Eberle (Liberal Democrats) — Sandhurst
- Mike Forster (Liberal Democrats) — Sandhurst
- Nazar Zahuruddin (Liberal Democrats) — Sandhurst
- Patrick Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Swinley Forest
- Sophie Forster (Liberal Democrats) — Swinley Forest
- Megan Wright (Labour Party) — Town Centre & The Parks
- Roy Bailey (Independent / Other) — Town Centre & The Parks
- Gareth Barnard (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitegrove
- Robert McLean (Conservative and Unionist) — Whitegrove
- Dorothy Hayes (Conservative and Unionist) — Winkfield & Warfield East
- Moira Gaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Winkfield & Warfield East
- Tony Virgo (Conservative and Unionist) — Winkfield & Warfield East