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.
1,031 approved · 916 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 KINGSCOTE HILL, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPinewood Lodge, Tilgate Drive, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedSAXON HOUSE, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1TN
Received Not published10 LYON CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 LAMBOURNE CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH10 6JW
Received Not published27 WESTMINSTER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published66A GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO HYDEHURST LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTHSIDE, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY (TO THE REAR OF 31 DAFFODIL CRESCENT)
Received Not publishedCounty Oak Cottage, Amberley Court, Whitworth Road, Langley Green, Crawley, RH11 7XL
Received Not publishedLAND WEST OF POWER AVENUE (PART OF OLD GSK SITE), NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published72 Maiden Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedThe Old Vicarage, Ifield Street, Ifield Street, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published95-97 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLOWFIELD HALL, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUnit 3 Meadowbrook Industrial Centre, Maxwell Way, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 SANDPIPER CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 WOOLBOROUGH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedVerge s/o 94 Gainsborough Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published26 NEWMARKET ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGROUND FLOOR, 36 HIGH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTESCO SUPERSTORE, BYCROFT WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLYNNMORE, HORSHAM ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, 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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