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1,015 approved · 903 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TILGATE NATURE CENTRE, TILGATE PARK, TILGATE DRIVE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published54 WHITTINGTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 POLLARDS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 RINGWOOD CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published60 OXFORD ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 ST CATHERINES ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedVERGE OF CRAWLEY AVENUE TO WEST OF GOFFS PARK AND NEAR FOOTBRIDGE JUNCTION WITH GOSSOPS DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published39 LISMORE CRESCENT, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 1B, DENVALE TRADE PARK, HASLETT AVENUE EAST, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1SS
Received Not published10 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedORCHARD LEA, RADFORD ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 FOWLER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGable Cottage, Peeks Brook Lane, Horley, Surrey
Received Not published14 - 15 THE COURTYARD, EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIFIELD PARK CARE HOME, RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published74 Dickens Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedBADGERS BANK, OLD BRIGHTON ROAD (NORTH), BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD, NORTH EAST SECTOR, CRAWLEY
Received Not published54 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 GREEN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 ERIDGE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY,
Received Not publishedHARWOODS VOLVO, 1 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD, NORTH EAST SECTOR, 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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