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.
843 approved · 789 refused · 532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT THE SIDE OF LAKER BUILDING MERCHANTS, RUTHERFORD WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 PAGEWOOD CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 RYE ASH, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOAK HOUSE, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGRASS VERGE OUTSIDE 1 LINCOLN CLOSE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBENEATH FOOTBRIDGE CONNECTING GATWICK SOUTH SHUTTLE STATION AND GATWICK AIRPORT, NEAR STATION APPROACH ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 2C, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE ON GRASS VERGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, SPINDLE WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 GLEBE CLOSE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOAKSWORTH, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND SOUTH OF CHURCH LANE (ALSO KNOWN AS NORTH END PADDOCK), BURSTOW, SURREY
Received Not publishedFROGSHOLE FARM FROGSHOLE FARM, MAIDENBOWER DRIVE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 LEOPOLD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 Kilnmead, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published9 SMALLS MEAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published58 HOLLINGBOURNE CRESCENT, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 FURNACE DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 KILNMEAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-3 BETTS WAY, (FORMER PREMIERE HOUSE SITE), LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 BASHFORD WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLEVANT, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published300 IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHazelwood, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, 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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