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.
960 approved · 862 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Mount Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedOPCS BROADFIELD STADIUM, BRIGHTON ROAD/WINFIELD WAY, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHILTON (SOUTH TERMINAL), LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT, WESTWAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 HAVERSHAM CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published180 BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFrogshole Farm, Maidenbower Drive, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not publishedCAXTONS, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAWNED AREA BETWEEN UNITS AND GATWICK ROAD IN FRONT OF 41 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published56 Town Mead, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published110 HEATHFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSt Albans Church Of England Church, Gossops Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedO/S 79 Milton Mount Avenue, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published15 MILTON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 ADELPHI CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published67 NEW STREET, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGATWICK DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, WHITTLE WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOAKWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB, TINSLEY LANE, THREE BRIDGE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTURTLE BAY UNIT 2, 100 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published35 CABURN HEIGHTS, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMAXWELLS (CATERING UNIT), MAXWELL WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPACIFIC HOUSE, HAZELWICK AVENUE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 OLD MARTYRS, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 7SH
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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