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994 approved · 885 refused · 599 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 CUCKMERE CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAE TRAINING AND SERVICES UK LTD, DIAMOND POINT, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published60 POND WOOD ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 The Croft, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedThe Tweed, Tweed Lane, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedVARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS UK LTD ONCOLOGY HOUSE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 JORDANS CRESCENT, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedACORN RETAIL PARK, BETTS WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX
Received Not published24 Dampier Walk, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not published95 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published42 & 44 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTONE COURT, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published39 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9RB
Received Not published87/89 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 LANERCOST ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPREMIER INN, LONGBRIDGE WAY, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRIVERSIDE HOUSE, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published81 JUNIPER ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand to rear of 127 Sunnymead, West Green, Crawley
Received Not published5 WOOLBOROUGH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 TEASEL CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUnit 3B1, Crawley Leisure Park London Road West Green Crawley West Sussex
Received Not publishedLAND REAR OF 1 COWDRAY 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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