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.
1,000 approved · 889 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 WORCESTER ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE PARSONS PIG, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGRASS VERGE AT DOBBINS PLACE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTAFFORD HOUSE, BONNETTS LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE, CRAWLEY ROAD, FAYGATE
Received Not published3 & 4 FRIENDS CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published130 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSUTHERLAND HOUSE, RUSSELL WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGibson Place, Five Acres, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published55 Boswell Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published26 LINDEN CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 WOOLBOROUGH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAYS LAND (GRASS VERGE) OUTSIDE 53 MILTON MOUNT AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 PRINCESS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published2 WILLIAM MORRIS WAY, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND OFF LONDON ROAD & FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCENTRAL SUSSEX COLLEGE, COLLEGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 SWALLOW ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published187 WEALD DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedO/S 78 & 80 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLOCAL CENTRE BUILDING, PHASE 1B, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 DENE TYE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published32 DORMANS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8HZ
Received Not publishedKIA MOTORS UK BCL HOUSE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9AX
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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