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.
829 approved · 781 refused · 527 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EDF BUILDING, RUSSELL WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1UL
Received Not published52 HARE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 LEOPOLD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 & 4 NETHERWOOD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8PT
Received Not published46 DICKENS ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published25 HERON CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published46 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHOMEBASE, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTILGATE FOREST BUSINESS CENTRE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR, BARTON HOUSE, BROADFIELD BARTON, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 Leighlands, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published69 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAmbulance Station, Ifield Avenue, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published7 CROCKHAM CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published44 KELSO CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 Newmarket Road, Furnace Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedSAVERS, 5 - 6 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 COLWYN CLOSE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMANOR ROYAL SERVICE STATION, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCHURCH COURT, LOWFIELD WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 FOWLER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY, RH10 7UN
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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