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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.
1,069 approved · 934 refused · 625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 ANGLESEY CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BANCROFT ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOFFS MANOR GOFFS MANOR, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH11 8PE
Received Not publishedFairlawn House, Wassand Close, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published8 HAVERSHAM CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 RAWLINSON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 BEECHSIDE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 VANCOUVER DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 Woburn Road, Gossops Green, Crawley, RH11 8NF
Received Not published31 LYTTON DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published42 LYNDHURST CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY.
Received Not publishedMCDONALDS, UNIT 7, CRAWLEY LEISURE PARK, LONDON ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIN YARD AT THE REAR OF FLAT 2, 28 CHURCH STREET, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 7BG
Received Not publishedMOTECH CONTROL LTD, 14 - 14B LLOYDS COURT, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSATELLITE TERMINAL, PIER 3, PERIMETER ROAD EAST, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 PEARSON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published36 SHAFTESBURY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 ORANS PADDOCK, TURNERS HILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHARWOODS (FORMER BOC EDWARDS SITE), MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 WOODLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 - 9 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published43 LOXWOOD WALK, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedENTERPRISE HOUSE, TINSLEY LANE NORTH, MANOR ROYAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, 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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