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.
845 approved · 789 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE BEWBUSH ACADEMY, DORSTEN SQUARE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPavement north of Ceder, Ifield Green, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedMCDONALDS DRIVE THRU, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFROGSHOLE FARM, MAIDENBOWER DRIVE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published44 COLONSAY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND WEST OF COPTHORNE, COPTHORNE WAY, COPTHORNE
Received Not published74 WEST STREET, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 TREVANNE PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT IFIELD AVENUE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO WAGGONERS FARM, RUSS HILL, CHARLWOOD, MOLE VALLEY, SURREY
Received Not published46 PEPPARD ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published136 Three Bridges Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not publishedTHE PELHAM BUCKLE, IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 POUND HILL PARADE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7EA
Received Not published22 Lavant Close, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, 50 - 54 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 Goffs Park Road, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedWychwood Road, Furnace Green, Crawley, RH10 6GG
Received Not publishedTHE LEONARDO BUILDING, CRAWLEY BUSINESS QUARTER, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK ADJ CENTRAL SUSSEX COLLEGE, NORTHGATE AVENUE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedO/S 90 Worth Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedUNIT A1, WOOLBOROUGH LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published92 FILBERT CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRED GABLES, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7RS
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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