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.
997 approved · 886 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 7LR
Received Not publishedSTREET HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 THEYDON CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedO/S 48 & 50 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 2C, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published37 MATTHEY PLACE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCar Park adjacent to Taj Mahal, Station Way, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedZURICH HOUSE, EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHOLY TRINITY C OF E SCHOOL, BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO 3 CORONET CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 Old Manor Close, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published6 OLD ORCHARDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 Green Lane, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published6 Plough Close, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedUNIT 3 WHEATSTONE CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOFFS MANOR, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO 2 TUSHMORE AVENUE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBIRDSONG COTTAGE, 19A CRAWLEY LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published56 Loppets Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedPHILIP HOWARD CENTRE, 4 SOUTHGATE DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 COLWYN CLOSE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT FORGE WOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 GRESHAM WALK, TILGATE, 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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