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.
1,049 approved · 927 refused · 618 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Amenity verge at highway verge at Horsham Road, Crawley
Received Not published2 DEWAR CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 PAGEWOOD CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 - 24 JUDITH PARSONS COURT, NORTH ROAD/FORGE ROAD (FORMERLY 56A - 60 NORTH ROAD), THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSILVER BIRCHES, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 MARVELL CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBANK PRECINCT AND GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 SMALLS MEAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOFF PERIMETER ROAD SOUTH, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCOMMUNAL AREA, EDWARD PLACE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published4 Cobbett Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published18 BASHFORD WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO IFIELD AVENUE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published68 DOWER WALK, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY GRASS VERGES FROM NOS 34 TO 83 MILTON MOUNT AVENUE, PLUS GRASS VERGE IN FRONT OF NOS 49 & 51 LEIGHLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published86 LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published46 THE BIRCHES, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST ANDREWS C E SCHOOL ST ANDREWS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WEALD DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 TAUNTON CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 ST ANNES ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE TWEED, TWEED LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published107 GALES DRIVE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1QD
Received Not published91 TREFOIL CRESCENT, BROADFIELD, 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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