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.
1,005 approved · 889 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street House, Church Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedTelecommunications Mast, Tilgate Forest Golf Centre, Tilgate Drive, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published35 Tinsley Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published38 Chanctonbury Way, Southgate, Crawley,
Received Not published25 HAREWOOD CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 SPRING PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMANOR ROYAL (WEST OF CRAWTERS BROOK), NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAlexandria, Copthorne Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedLand To the North of Fleming Way (Eastman House and Former Flight Training Centre), Manor Royal, Crawley
Received Not published37 HENLEY CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 THE TITHE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE CHARIS CENTRE, WEST GREEN DRIVE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 3, THE SATELLITE BUSINESS VILLAGE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9NX
Received Not published11 BELLAMY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGainsborough House, 26-30 High Street, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedNEW BARN FARMHOUSE, CAPEL ROAD, HORSHAM
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 RUTHERFORD WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWoodland to the south of numbers 5-14 Heathcotes and 65-75 Rawlinson Road, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not publishedOUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, HARE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published100 Heathfield, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedTHE BASE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 ALICIA AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published70 WORTH ROAD, 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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