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1,050 approved · 927 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 SMALLS MEAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 Grattons Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 3AD
Received Not published161C WOODFIELD ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 AILSA CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9DW
Received Not publishedVANGUARD & VICTORY HOUSE, CHURCHILL COURT, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 THE CHASE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 THE CROFT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8RQ
Received Not publishedRIVERSIDE HOUSE, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 PARKFIELD CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 Oak Dell, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published3 WHITEOAK CLOSE, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3B - 3C GATWICK GATE, CHARLWOOD ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 ANGLESEY CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published37 SPENCERS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBEWBUSH MANOR, FRANCIS EDWARDS WAY, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER TSB TRUSTCARD, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 THE PASTURE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 COLTASH ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published35 BUCHANS LAWN, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 RUTHERFORD WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedG W & G BRIDGES BREAKERS YARD, BRIGHTON ROAD, PEASE POTTAGE
Received Not published29 ALDINGBOURNE CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 SWIFT LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARKING SPACES, LAMBETH WALK, LAMBETH CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9RY
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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