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.
1,050 approved · 927 refused · 618 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 - 11 Queens Square, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedRestawhyle, 4 Radford Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published1 GINHAMS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWakehams Green Drive Playing Area, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published129 RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published15 PINOVA CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 2, MILL COURT, SPINDLE WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 LEIGHLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 CAPSEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND WEST OF BEWBUSH, NORTH OF A264, PHASE 1D KILNWOOD VALE
Received Not published9 SALTERNS ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRABTREE COURT, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published91 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published121 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKNIGHTS ACRE, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 STOPHAM ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLANGLEY GRANGE, LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCHILDRENS HOME, 21 LANCING CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27- 45 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 1A, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedVIRGIN ATLANTIC, THE BASE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 9LZ
Received Not publishedTREES & VEGETATION OVERHANGING RICHBOROUGH COURT, CHURCH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND PARCEL AT JERSEY FARM, COUNTY OAK LANE, LANGLEY 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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