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.
1,066 approved · 932 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to 3 Maiden Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not published61 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY,
Received Not published58 DEERSWOOD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 1A, 1B AND 1C, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 PEMBROKE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3TL
Received Not publishedREGENT HOUSE, 190A THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 OAK DELL, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published36 WOODSIDE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLIDL, 263 - 269 HASLETT AVENUE EAST, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedJUNCTION OF MEDWAY ROAD & GOSSOPS GREEN, GOSSOPS DRIVE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 JERSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedZURICH HOUSE, EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFirst Point, Buckingham Gate, Gatwick, Crawley
Received Not published11 LEONARDSLEE COURT, FORESTFIELD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNMEAD CAR PARK, KILNMEAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSQUIRES GARDEN CENTRE, HORSHAM ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedELM PARK COURT, TILGATE FOREST BUSINESS CENTRE, BRIGHTON ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY, RH11 9BP
Received Not published8 KITHURST CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 LEVERET LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 Colonsay Road, Broadfield, Crawley, RH11 9DF
Received Not publishedDIVISIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS, NORTHGATE AVENUE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIfield Community College, Crawley Avenue, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published22 BANKS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published79 LARK RISE, LANGLEY 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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