Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Crawley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
763 approved · 729 refused · 489 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAND ADJACENT TO 170 BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand behind 55-71 & 73-89 Sunnymead, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published9 SEDGEFIELD CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBARBER WAREHOUSE, NORTHGATE PLACE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published251 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 Normanhurst Close, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published31 Nash Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published44 Heathfield, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published20 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 FERNDOWN, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWOOD ADVENT, 48 HOLLYBUSH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSECOND FLOOR, 40 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published73 EWHURST ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published34 THE GROOMS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 BLACKWATER LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published53 BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK, 11-13 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, CALVERT LINK, FAYGATE
Received Not published44 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 MIDHURST CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY,
Received Not publishedASDA, PEGLER WAY, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAGE GROUND FLOOR, 36 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCOPPERFIELD, GREEN LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7RR
Received Not published28 ORDE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Crawley Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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