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.
789 approved · 752 refused · 501 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO, HYDEHURST LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND OFF BEWBUSH DRIVE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT FORMER THALES SITE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGALES DRIVE O/S 3 BROOMDASHERS ROAD AND O/S 66 GALES DRIVE THREE BRIDGES CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 SHIPLEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 CASHER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNorthwood Park, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedManor Royal Service Station, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 9ET
Received Not publishedMILTON MOUNT LAKE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published149 LONDON ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAMENITY LAND ADJACENT TO 4 LINDEN CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published41 SPRING PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBADGERS, BLACKWATER LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published46 JERSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published47 BECKFORD WAY, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 - 10 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 BOLTON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published63 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published61 NEWMARKET ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 RACKHAM CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMAIDENBOWER JUNIOR SCHOOL, HARVEST ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHighway verge adjacent to Bewbush Drive Bewbush Crawley
Received Not publishedHighway verge adjacent to 19 St Joan Close, Langley Green, 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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