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.
983 approved · 876 refused · 596 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 BEARS COTTAGE, BARNWOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published48 BURLANDS, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMERCEDES BENZ OF GATWICK, 78 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 Denchers Plat, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published4 ALMOND CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published84 TEESDALE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 BRAY CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published58 ST CATHERINES ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKNIGHTS ACRE, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBrooklands, Peeks Brook Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH6 9ST
Received Not published50 - 54 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH10 1BT
Received Not publishedWOODLAND COTTAGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, HARE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published144 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 BARNWOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7TH
Received Not publishedGOFFS MANOR GOFFS MANOR, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 West Way, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published72 Green Lane, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published6 PARHAM ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO REAR OF 73 HAZELWICK ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWINGS PEEKS BROOK LANE, HORLEY, SURREY
Received Not publishedTREES TO THE REAR OF 6 WILSON CLOSE, (ADJACENT TO LUCERNE DRIVE), MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To Unit 6 Stockwell Works Stephenson Way
Received Not published19 MITCHELLS ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, 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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