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.
1,060 approved · 930 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WILLOW CORNER, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedENTRANCE TO NYMANS GARAGE AREA, AT BACK OF 22 NYMANS COURT, FORESTFIELD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published40 ST AUGUSTINE ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH EAST OF BALCOMBE ROAD ROUNDABOUT, BALCOMBE ROAD, TURNERS HILL
Received Not published14 JERSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 GREYHOUND SLIP, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedANLYS COTTAGE, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 Moor Park Crescent, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published3 ROSE WALK, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 STAFFORD ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to lamppost number 95 – Gatwick Road ( to rear of 6-8 Whittle Way), Crawley
Received Not publishedMR CHIPS, 15 LANGLEY PARADE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS CHURCH, LOWFIELD HEATH
Received Not publishedRED TILES, HORSHAM ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published39 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 BUDGEN CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published52 GREEN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published56 COBBLES CRESCENT, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published82 SPRING PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published64 LANGLEY DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGATWICK MANOR HOTEL, LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAMFIELD, LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published142 Weald Drive, Furnace Green, Crawley, RH10 6NW
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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