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.
1,007 approved · 890 refused · 606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 LONG CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published124 RAILEY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMCDONALDS DRIVE THRU MCDONALDS DRIVE THRU, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedR/0 71 & 73 EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE GROVE, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published36 LOPPETS ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 SELBOURNE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 LEIGHLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 HUDSON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 WARRINGTON CLOSE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 LINDEN CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPavement outside Avion Court, London Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH OF THE TWEED, TWEED LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMAIDENBOWER SQUARE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published56 CHEPSTOW CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOrigin Two, 106 High Street, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK, 11-13 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIFIELD PARK CARE HOME IFIELD PARK, RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 WEST WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedEEZEHAUL UNIT 3, THE DRIVE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 9AN
Received Not published13 CHANDLER CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 4 CROMPTON FIELDS, NORTHGATE, 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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