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.
839 approved · 785 refused · 531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 BLINDLEY ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3UA
Received Not publishedMODEL RAILWAY, GOFFS PARK, HORSHAM ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 MILBORNE ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 NETHERWOOD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2-4 HIGH STREET, CAR PARK, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO REAR & SIDE OF 1 PINOVA CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 HERMITS ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 LANGSTONE CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY, RH10 7JR
Received Not published3 SEDGEFIELD CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER GAS HOLDER SITE, NORTH OF CRAWLEY AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTEERS LANE, FORGE WOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 BLACKETT ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 BRANTRIDGE ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8-13 MADDOX DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedS/O 2 Taylor Walk & junction of Town Barn Road West Green, Crawley
Received Not published3 WESLEY CLOSE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 10 GATWICK DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, WHITTLE WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9RT
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to 43 Maiden Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedLand East of Balcombe Road / Street Hill Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published25 EWHURST ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 West Avenue, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published25 HORSHAM ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNorth Terminal Long Stay Carpark, Gatwick Airport
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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