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.
1,008 approved · 890 refused · 606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NORTHGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREEN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTelecommunications Mast, Target Hill, Hobbs Road, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not publishedBALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3NJ
Received Not published18 SWALLOW ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 THE MARTLETS, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWESTERN END OF THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE GRASSHOPPER, ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAZELWOOD, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH OF TILGATE FOREST BUSINESS CENTRE, FOREST GATE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND SOUTH EAST OF TRANSFER BAGGAGE UNIT, NORTH TERMINAL, GATWICK AIRPORT, CRAWLEY
Received Not published55 EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedALL HALLOWS, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity C Of E School, Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green, Crawley
Received Not published11 ORDE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published109 Park Way, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedTHE PARSONS PIG, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 LANGLEY PARADE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPOUND HILL SURGERY, CRAWLEY LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7DX
Received Not published14 CHATFIELDS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published41 PARK WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHazelwick School, Hazelwick School Close, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published2 Mayes Close, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not published5 THATCHER CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, 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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