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1,050 approved · 927 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 BURNS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published134 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY, RH10 1JP
Received Not published8 HOLLYBUSH ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 8DZ
Received Not published41 RAILEY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 DENMANS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedThomas Bennett Community College, Ashdown Drive, Tilgate
Received Not published47 BLACKWATER LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSOUTHPOINT, OLD BRIGHTON ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published66 SCOTT ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMANOR PLACE, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published39 Shaws Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedSTERLING HOUSE, HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 QUESTEN MEWS, COPTHORNE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAZELWICK SCHOOL, HAZELWICK SCHOOL CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 BOLEYN CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published40 CRABBET ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published75 BOOTH ROAD, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedARQIVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST, SANDMAN SIGNATURE LONDON GATWICK HOTEL, TINSLEY LANE SOUTH, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 STABLE CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 2A FORGE WOOD (NORTH EAST SECTOR) CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 Mount Close, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EF
Received Not publishedBOWTHORPE, OAKLANDS CHASE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 STEYNING CLOSE, NORTHGATE, 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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