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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.
900 approved · 825 refused · 557 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SUNNINGDALE COURT, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 CHAUCER ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2nd Floor, Barton House, Broadfield Barton, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not publishedJK One, 31 Hazelwick Road, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1NA
Received Not published62 MILTON MOUNT AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMOTORLINE PEUGEOT GATWICK, FLEMING HOUSE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BECKFORD WAY, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNMEAD CAR PARK, KILNMEAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPARCEL OF LAND BETWEEN ANTLANDS LANE WEST AND ANTLANDS LANE, SHIPLEY BRIDGE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published44 GOFFS PARK ROAD, (FORMERLY OAKHURST GRANGE), SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY VERGE ADJACENT TO KARANGA, 1A MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published72 NORTHGATE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 3, LAND AT FARADAY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHilton (South Terminal), London Gatwick Airport, Easway, Pound Hil, Crawley
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE PHASE 5, KILNWOOD VALE, CRAWLEY ROAD, FAYGATE
Received Not publishedFLINT COTTAGE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 KNIGHTON CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 FOWLER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published57 Honeysuckle Lane, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7TW
Received Not published4 West Way, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published14 THORNDYKE CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published75 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRAILTRACK SIGNALLING CENTRE, STATION HILL, 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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