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.
1,018 approved · 905 refused · 609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St John the Baptist Church, Church Walk, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published113 DOWNLAND DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published161 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 MASEFIELD ROAD, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY COLLEGE, COLLEGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 FINDON ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 BRANDON CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand adj to Bewbush Drive and Dorsten Place, Bewbush, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND EAST OF RADFORD FARM (AND WEST OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE THAMES SEWERAGE TREATMENT WORKS), RADFORD ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 BUCKMANS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAREA OF LAND TO THE EAST & THE MAIN CAR PARK ENTRANCE, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN RETAIL PARK, CRAWLEY
Received Not published51 Chepstow Close, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7XF
Received Not published25 HEATHFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 TUSHMORE AVENUE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLINDEN COTTAGE, 25 WORTH PARK AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand at Northgate Road, Perimeter Road North, Gatwick Airport, Horley
Received Not published3 MOUNTBATTEN CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBOWTHORPE HOUSE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published53 THE RISE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOFFS PARK NURSING HOME, 39 - 41 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPoles Cottage, Poles Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published38 CARTER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, 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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