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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1,069 approved · 934 refused · 625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 TINSLEY LANE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-19 (ODDS) CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published67 TINSLEY LANE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGREEN GATES, PEEKS BROOK LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 DETLING ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published143 ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFRIARY CHURCH OF ST FRANCIS AND ST ANTHONY, FRIARY WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 BELLAMY ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published96 ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published69 LANGLEY DRIVE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT D, PEGLER COURT, PEGLER WAY, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 3, COLUMBIA WORKS, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 TUSHMORE LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSt Johns Church, Church Walk, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 1HH
Received Not publishedLAND OFF A23 LONDON ROAD AND FLEMING WAY, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published62 NORTHGATE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published44 NEWMARKET ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAVERS, 5 - 6 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 FURNACE DRIVE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BURGH CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-3 BETTS WAY, (FORMER PREMIERE HOUSE SITE), LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published143 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3BG
Received Not publishedIFIELD BARN THEATRE CLUB, IFIELD STREET, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBelgrave House, Station Way, 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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