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1,050 approved · 927 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE TOWER, 48 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BROCK ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGIBSON PLACE, FIVE ACRES, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 DOVEDALE CRESCENT, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE NORTH OF FLEMING WAY (EASTMAN HOUSE AND FORMER FLIGHT TRAINING CENTRE), MANOR ROYAL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY VERGE ON BALCOMBE ROAD TO THE REAR OF 7 ALLYINGTON WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY.
Received Not publishedPHASE 1B, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTANGLEWOOD, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 LINDEN CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOCTAGON HOUSE,, RUSSELL WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 Burlands, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedQUEENSWAY AND THE PAVEMENT, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published40 KIDBOROUGH ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published6 HONEYSUCKLE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHighway land to the side / east of 66A Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published24 PATCHING CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 DENE TYE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST NICHOLAS CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE OAKS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LOPPETS ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTREES OPPOSITE FRONT GARDEN OF 15 BELLAMY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOWN HALL, THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published132 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 BENNETT CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 HEXHAM CLOSE, POUND HILL, 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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