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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.
932 approved · 840 refused · 570 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 STANLEY INDUSTRIAL CENTRE, KELVIN WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR, 14 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 6AA
Received Not published4 COLWYN CLOSE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY, RH11 8TF
Received Not published6 WOODLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 THE WYATTS, RADFORD ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 REDWOOD CLOSE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 2C, FORGE WOOD, (NORTH EAST SECTOR), CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 BASHFORD WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTANFORD SCOUT CAMP SITE, OLD BRIGHTON ROAD (NORTH), BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published48 MEDWAY ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR UNIT 2, MAGELLAN TERRACE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 SUMMERSVERE CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published76 GALES DRIVE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRAILWAY FOOTBRIDGE, STATION WAY/EAST PARK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Crompton Way, Crawley
Received Not publishedHYDERS HALL, GATWICK MANOR HOTEL, LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSQUIRES GARDEN CENTRE, HORSHAM ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAreas of land to the north of Halfords & south of Wickes service yard, County Oak Way, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published11 STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published188 & 190 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 CLIVE WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MARYS RECTORY, FORESTER ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSOUTH LODGE, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBALCOMBE ROAD BRIDGE, SW BALCOMBE ROAD, 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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