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1,052 approved · 927 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ALEXANDRIA, QUESTEN MEWS, COPTHORNE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGROUND FLOOR, IFIELD HOUSE, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 HOME CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3AF
Received Not published3 SHORT CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRear of 18-37 Lewisham Close, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not publishedPINNACLE, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTrafalgar Gardens, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published14 Delrogue Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 7GG
Received Not published23 Clitherow Gardens, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not published8 NURSERYLANDS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published49A SPENCERS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 7DE
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO THE GEORGE HOTEL, 56 HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published111 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 GOSSOPS GREEN LANE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3 CUCKMERE CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNorthside, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published7 KESWICK CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH OF RING ROAD NORTH, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE TREE, 103 HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 GRESHAM WALK, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND REAR OF 1 COWDRAY CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBank Precinct, Unit 3, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR, 50 - 54 HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 NURSERYLANDS, GOSSOPS 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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