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.
1,015 approved · 901 refused · 608 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 THORNDYKE CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 Haywards, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedDAISY CHAIN DAY NURSERY, 194 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNatwest, 16 - 18 The Boulevard, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published52 CHEPSTOW CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7XF
Received Not published20 THE LINK, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLANGLEY GRANGE, LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 CRAIGANS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published96 Grattons Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published20 RINGWOOD CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 WINDMILL COURT, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedROSEHIP COTTAGE, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE, CRAWLEY ROAD, FAYGATE
Received Not publishedNorth Sanitation Building, Fuel Farm Road, Gatwick Airport, Crawley
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 SALEHURST ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7GL
Received Not published55 Ifield Drive, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not publishedUNIT 4, COUNTY MALL, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMCDONALDS DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT, RING ROAD NORTH, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 TINTERN ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 HOLLYBUSH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTWEED COTTAGES, 3 TWEED LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 8, GATWICK INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, COBHAM WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAMPTON BY HILTON, LONGBRIDGE HOUSE NORTH TERMINAL, LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT, LONGBRIDGE GATE, GATWICK, 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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