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.
1,052 approved · 927 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 KINGSLAND COURT, THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published45 Salisbury Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published27 - 45 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHORSHAM ROAD ADJ TO CHURCH OF LATTERDAY SAINTS, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand north of Northside, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published39 WEST STREET, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 - 32 THE BROADWAY, SECOND FLOOR, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published63 St Marys Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published141 ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 5EG
Received Not published11 HIGHAMS HILL, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 CRABTREE ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIBIS HOTEL IBIS GATWICK HOTEL, LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTITTERMUS COTTAGE, TILGATE DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 5PG
Received Not publishedLAND ENCLOSED BY CREASYS DRIVE AND BROADFIELD PLACE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOSSOPS LANE FOOTBRIDGE, OFF GOFFS LANE AND BETWEEN IFIELD AND CRAWLEY RAILWAY STATIONS, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 North Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not publishedGable Cottage, Peeks Brook Lane, Horley, Surrey
Received Not published56A - 60 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published71 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 FONTANA CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 CASHER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 LONGWOOD VIEW, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE ON GRASS VERGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSaad Newsagents, 8 Brighton Road, Southgate, 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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