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843 approved · 789 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORGE WOOD, NORTH EAST SECTOR, CRAWLEY
Received Not published56 BIRKDALE DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAIRAPY, 81 GALES DRIVE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 SQUIRREL CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published104 TREFOIL CRESCENT, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published44 RUSHETTS ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 - 9 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHORLEY GATWICK SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published34 BURNS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published39 OTFORD CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 NETHERWOOD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLinear strip of land off The Ridings (southeast of Chepstow Close and north of Kelso Close) Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedTelecommunications site on grass verge, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published48 FILBERT CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE GALLERIA, STATION ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 ST PAULS MEWS, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published50 Teesdale, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedBubear And Jones Blacksmiths Ltd, Birchfield Park Business Centre, Ifield Road, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published29 HOLMCROFT, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGRASS VERGE O/S 83 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCOUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK (UNITS 1A,1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 31, 3BCD AND 4B), COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFLINT COTTAGE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY, RH11 9BD
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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