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.
1,010 approved · 894 refused · 608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Cloverlands, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published4 FONTANA CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 SHEPPEY CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedDOVENBY HALL, 271 BALCOMBE ROAD, HORLEY, SURREY
Received Not published26 KENMARA CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLOWFIELD HALL, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRIVINGTON FARM, ANTLANDS LANE, TINSLEY GREEN
Received Not published59 NORTHGATE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHazelwick School, Hazelwick School Close, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published25 Beckford Way, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not published14 FOWLER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 Midhurst Close, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedTANGLETREES, GREEN LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 1 & 2 CAMINO PARK, JAMES WATT WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 Beckford Way, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7LT
Received Not published14 MAYFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHILLSIDE INN, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 SOUTHWATER CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 Colonsay Road, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not published50 Langley Lane, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published1 TREVANNE PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published102 SPENCERS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 COBBLES CRESCENT, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 8HA
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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