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.
994 approved · 883 refused · 599 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EAST LODGE, OLD BRIGHTON ROAD (NORTH), BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 WITNEY ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOMERLEY DRIVE, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ LOWFIELD HEATH SERVICE STATION, LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAZELWOOD, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWORTH PARK LAKE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published86 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedVERGE ON WORTH PARK AVENUE NR MEREWORTH DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFLINT COTTAGE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 Warrington Close, Bewbush, Crawley, RH11 6ES
Received Not published14 THE TITHE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 0NR
Received Not publishedOAKSWORTH, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOAK COTTAGE, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published36 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 ORDE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published11 Amberley Close, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7DL
Received Not published70 HEATHFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published34 LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 SPENCERS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY HOSPITAL, WEST GREEN DRIVE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND PARCEL OLD MARTYRS, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCHODA HOUSE, COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1AY
Received Not published22 VANCOUVER DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFY CARTREF, 18 WORDSWORTH CLOSE, POUND HILL, 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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