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.
934 approved · 849 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
REAR OF 10 GRAVENEY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT THE REAR OF GARAGES OFF MARTYRS AVENUE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedJunction of The Ridings and Turners Hill Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published5 GOFFS CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 BRIARSWOOD CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7TJ
Received Not published23 WORTH PARK AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published107 Hazelwick Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published2 MAYFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published64 FILBERT CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MARGARETS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE MARDENS, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 GREEN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 RANMORE CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7-16, 23-37, 38-47 & 63-74 MAUNSELL PARK, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedADJ TO FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published48 BAKER CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBank Precinct, Unit 3, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedFORMER J SAINSBURY, 37 - 43 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 ST JOHNS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCORNER COTTAGE, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Fleming Way, south of Hydehurst Lane (Former Eastman House and Flight Training Centre) Manor Royal, Crawley
Received Not publishedST NICHOLAS CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO LONDON ROAD (A23), LANGLEY 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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