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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.
952 approved · 856 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RUSHETTS ROAD S/O DOCTOR SAMUEL JOHNSON PUBLIC HOUSE, LANGLEY PARADE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAXONS, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHEDGEROW HOUSE, RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGrass verge at junction of Southgate Drive and Brighton Road, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedCrawley College, College Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not publishedBEWBUSH MANOR, FRANCIS EDWARDS WAY, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSACKVILLE HOUSE, KINGFISHER HOUSE AND SWIFT HOUSE, NORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 BELLAMY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published82 - 92 High Street, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND OFF BEWBUSH DRIVE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 CHAPMAN ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published73 BANKS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOFFS MANOR GOFFS MANOR, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 VANCOUVER DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published104 WOODFIELD ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published106 LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand near Deerswood Care Home between 13 and 14 Kirdford Close, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedHORLEY GATWICK SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTO THE REAR OF 110 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published82 PUNCH COPSE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 BRIGHTON ROAD & 1A EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 Almond Close, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedMACS SNACKS, VERGE ON RUTHERFORD WAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RUTHERFORD 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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