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.
1,006 approved · 890 refused · 606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 HIGHDOWN COURT, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH10 6PR
Received Not published5 PRESTWICK CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 MAYES CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGATWICK AIRPORT RAILWAY STATION, GATWICK AIRPORT, CRAWLEY
Received Not published57 FINDON ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 Burlands, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 BATEMAN COURT, FORESTFIELD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published79 CLIMPING ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 Langley Lane, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published8 SHORT CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 22 AND 23, GATWICK INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, COBHAM WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9RX
Received Not publishedLIFESTYLE FORD, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9PY
Received Not published95 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAZELWICK SCHOOL, HAZELWICK SCHOOL CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO REAR OF 35 & 35A WESTFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHARWOOD & BLAXLEY, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 DUNSFOLD CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8EY
Received Not published2 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7AF
Received Not published7 WORCESTER ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE GABLES NURSING HOME, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 Snell Hatch, West Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedSt Michael & All Angels Church, Church Road, Horley, Crawley, RH11 0PQ
Received Not published24 Langley Lane, Ifield, 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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