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.
999 approved · 887 refused · 603 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Maiden Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE EAST OF 4 BURRELL COURT, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not published86 MEDWAY ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHighway verge outside 56 Beckett Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedHEDLEY HOUSE, 225 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedR/O GEORGE HOTEL, 56 - 58 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 SHACKLETON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published58 BARNFIELD ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 OLD ORCHARDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOCEAN HOUSE OFFICES OCEAN HOUSE, HAZELWICK AVENUE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedO/S NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, 16 - 18 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 BEDALE CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 to 16 EMBERWOOD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedREAR OF 14 IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST JOHNS CHURCH, CHURCH WALK, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHendy BYD, Manor Royal, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 9PY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY AUDI, MAIDENBOWER OFFICE PARK, BALCOMBE ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedK2 LEISURE CENTRE K2, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 KITHURST CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 Pond Wood Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published127 Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedDovenby Hall, 271 Balcombe Road, Horley, Surrey
Received Not published25 Princess Road, West Green, 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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