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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.
1,133 approved · 976 refused · 671 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 JERSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY GOODS YARD, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 GRESHAM WALK, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHAIRDRESSING SALON, 7 BISHAM CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE ON GRASS VERGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BOLTON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTESCO SUPERSTORE, BYCROFT WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published52 Horsham Road, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not published49 CROSSWAYS, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY AUDI, MAIDENBOWER OFFICE PARK, BALCOMBE ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY, RH10 7ZJ
Received Not published55 FORESTER ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published58 BANKS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS XA1 & XA2, SUSSEX MANOR BUSINESS PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 HONEYSUCKLE LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWoodways, Balcombe Road, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7SY
Received Not publishedUNITS 3A & 3B, WHEATSTONE CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO 18 SELHAM CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHREE BRIDGES CONVENIENCE STORE, 227 - 229 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedMBNL, 3HG, EE 90625 TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST 2, PIER 3, GATWICK SATELLITE TERMINAL SOUTH, PERIMETER ROAD EAST, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not published71 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published117 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published24 THEYDON CLOSE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 LEONARDSLEE COURT, FURNACE 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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