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999 approved · 888 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CRANBROOK NURSERY SCHOOL IVY COTTAGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 BARNWOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 COLONSAY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO 2 TUSHMORE AVENUE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published79 BANKS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE NORTH OF FLEMING WAY (EASTMAN HOUSE AND FORMER FLIGHT TRAINING CENTRE), MANOR ROYAL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedEWHURST, THE MARDENS, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published106 HAZELWICK ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 FORGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 BARNWOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGrass verge adjacent to 3 Charleston Court, Forestfield, Furnace Green, Crawley
Received Not published73 SHIPLEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 DENCHERS PLAT, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 COLNE WALK, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published43 LEIGHLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BANCROFT ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE BARN, TILGATE PARK, TILGATE DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand to south of 20 Dobson Road, (bordering with Toby Carvery) Langley Green
Received Not publishedWOLDHURSTLEA CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT 9 WINDMILL COURT, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 FULMAR CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOBY CARVERY THE BARN, VANCOUVER DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 CHERRY LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 WOODLANDS, 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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