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994 approved · 885 refused · 599 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KINGSTON HOUSE, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 Norfolk Close, Bewbush, Crawley
Received Not published112 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 7BW
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST 1, TOLLGATE HILL, (VERGE NORTH OF BROOKLANDS ROAD), BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 MEREWORTH DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUnit 3, Crawley Leisure Park, London Road, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE PHASE 4, CRAWLEY ROAD, FAYGATE
Received Not published2 Salehurst Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published9 CLIFTON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 SOUTHWATER CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 BYERLEY WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY,
Received Not publishedWOODEND, FORGE WOOD, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 WEALD DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGRASS VERGE ADJ CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, LANGLEY DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 BOSHAM ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNorthwood Park, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND AT CORNER OF HYDE DRIVE AND DOBBINS PLACE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS CHURCH, LOWFIELD HEATH
Received Not published31 AINTREE ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published64 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published81 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 WATSON CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE SIDE OF 3 LEONARDSLEE COURT, FORESTFIELD, FURNACE GREEN, 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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