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.
1,013 approved · 898 refused · 608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LITTLE MEADOW, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published2 PARK WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 TAUNTON CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 Taunton Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published136 WEALD DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOPPOSITE BROADFIELD SOUTH PLAYING FIELDS (SHA), CREASYS DRIVE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published117 SHIPLEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand at 197 Three Bridges Road, 195B Three Bridges Road and part of 193/195 Three Bridges Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published23 HEXHAM CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 SPRING CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHARWOODS JAGUAR LAND ROVER, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedO/S 1 Wordsworth Close, Pound Hill, Crawley and O/S 26 St Marys Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedHASLETT AVENUE EAST AND LAND ADJACENT COUNTY MALL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 HOLBEIN ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 ALICIA AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 Doncaster Walk, Furnace Green, Crawley
Received Not published5 PERRYFIELD ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 HEXHAM CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAmenity land fronting 18 Leonardslee Court, Furnace Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedHeathers Farm, Prestwood Lane, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published61 Milton Mount Avenue, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO IFIELD AVENUE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedDISTRICT ENERGY CENTRE, THE BOULEVARD, 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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