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.
813 approved · 772 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
COMMUNAL LAND FRONTING NOS 57 TO 64 RAWLINSON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHighway verge adjacent to Bewbush Drive Bewbush Crawley
Received Not publishedHIGHWOOD PARK, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published36 JERSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published101 St Marys Drive,Pound Hill,Crawley,West Sussex
Received Not published1 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFREEMANS YARD, JAMES PLACE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBUCHAN COUNTRY PARK, 2 LAUNDRY COTTAGES, HORSHAM ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPINEWOOD, RADFORD ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHILTON, HILTON (SOUTH TERMINAL), LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT, WESTWAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published35 BLACKWATER LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNMEAD CAR PARK, KILNMEAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPACIFIC HOUSE, HAZELWICK AVENUE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published142 Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not published16 GRAYRIGG ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWTERS BROOK PEOPLES PARK, CRAWTERS CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 TILLOTSON CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGas Holder Station, Crawley Avenue, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published1 Lakeview, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published34 DEERSWOOD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published107 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 WEST WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 ST JOHNS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, 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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