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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.
1,123 approved · 965 refused · 661 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY, 58 - 62 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKILNWOOD VALE PHASE 5, KILNWOOD VALE, CRAWLEY ROAD, FAYGATE, HORSHAM
Received Not publishedWYCHWOOD ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 Hawkins Road, Tilgate, Crawley
Received Not published374 IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8B BYERLEY WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NORTH OF RING ROAD NORTH (KFC), GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSWIFT HOUSE, KINGFISHER HOUSE & SACKVILLE HOUSE, NORTHWOOD PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published32 MANNINGS CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 12, WORLD CARGO CENTRE, CARGO FORECOURT ROAD, GATWICK, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX,
Received Not published48 WINCHESTER ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTURKS CROFT, RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHREE BRIDGES STATION CAR PARK, HASLETT AVENUE EAST, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedASTRAL TOWERS & THE ATRIUM BUILDINGS, BETTS WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAVERS, 5 - 6 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published83 - 87 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 Milton Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published7 REYNOLDS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOAKWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, LADY MARGARET ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOPERATIONAL RAILWAY LAND SOUTH OF THREE BRIDGES STATION, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 Bolton Road, Maidenbower, Crawley
Received Not published10 CHAFFINCH CLOSE, 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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