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.
842 approved · 788 refused · 531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 BOUNDARY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOLD MARTYRS, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBRITISH TELECOM TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, KILNMEAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 VANCOUVER DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 SWALLOW ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBARLOW HOUSE, CROMPTON FIELDS, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 - 18 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedXENIA LOUNGE, UNIT 4C (FIRST FLOOR), CRAWLEY LEISURE PARK, LONDON ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 Sissinghurst Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedFront garden of 237 Ifield Road, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedSteers Lane Phase 2, Forgewood, Crawley
Received Not publishedTHE SNOOTY FOX, HASLETT AVENUE EAST, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published46 ASH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 HOLDER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 NUTHURST CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 NUTHURST CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 VICTORIA ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 EASTWOOD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAVERS, 5 - 6 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPavement adjacent to the side (southwest) of 66 Constable Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published70 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published55 MEADOWLANDS, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOVERLINE HOUSE, CRAWLEY STATION AND ADJACENT HIGHWAY, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedEWHURST, THE MARDENS, IFIELD, 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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