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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789 approved · 754 refused · 501 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND ADJACENT TO 11 AND 12 MOOR PARK CRESCENT, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIFIELD PARK CARE HOME, RUSPER ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSOUTHERN COUNTIES TRADING SOUTHERN COUNTIES ICE CREAM, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTATION WAY, FRIARY WAY, HASLETT AVENUE WEST AND THE MARTLETS, NORTHGATE,CRAWLEY
Received Not published292 IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWORTH ANNEXE, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 LONGWOOD VIEW, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUnit A2, Old Brighton Road, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published4 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published107 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWOODLAND COTTAGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 GREATHAM ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR AND SECOND FLOOR, 28 - 32 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGRASS VERGE OUTSIDE 10 WAINWRIGHTS, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMCDONALD'S DRIVE THRU, RING ROAD NORTH, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB, HAZELWICK AVENUE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published81 SHIPLEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 Smalls Mead, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published3 FIVE ACRES, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBELMONT HOUSE, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 Aldingbourne Close, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published84 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, 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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