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.
940 approved · 850 refused · 575 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 HARE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 Burns Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedPAVEMENT O/S 14-26 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBELGRAVE HOUSE, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOCEAN HOUSE, HAZELWICK AVENUE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 SELBOURNE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE, CRAWLEY ROAD, HORSHAM
Received Not publishedGREEN FIELDS BAPTIST CHURCH, 1 ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published168 HEATHFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHEATHERMEAD, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILMARNOCK FARM, CHARLWOOD ROAD, HORSHAM
Received Not published36 BARNFIELD ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH OF NORTHSIDE, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 Cobbett Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published27 - 45 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 4A, CRAWLEY LEISURE PARK, LONDON ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Crawters Brook and to the rear of Aerfin Ltd Unit 1, Newton Road, Crawley
Received Not published2 COBBETT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 CROSSWAYS, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 WANTAGE CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 HILLSIDE CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published134 ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 PAGEWOOD CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBUS SHELTER O/S TRADE SKILLS4U LTD FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, 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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