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.
1,159 approved · 984 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FERNLANDS, FERNHILL ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD, PHASE 3 AND 4, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE PARSONS PIG, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 WOODSIDE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published74 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCHARLWOOD PARK FARMHOUSE, CHARLWOOD ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1-3 BETTS WAY, (FORMER PREMIERE HOUSE SITE), LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 COOMBE CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAMENITY LAND / CAR PARKING SPACES, ENFIELD ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY.
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE REAR OF 98 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND OFF LONDON ROAD & FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 TRINITY CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published46 DICKENS ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAmenity land to the North of Sunnymead, Crawley
Received Not publishedHOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOLIDAY INN, HASLETT AVENUE EAST, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOLLERS COTTAGE, 77A TINSLEY LANE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 & 4-7 GALES PLACE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published116 DOWNLAND DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 WINTER GARDENS, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MARYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH AND HALL, WAKEHURST DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published110 RUSHETTS ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17-19 KELVIN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY,
Received Not publishedFIRCROFT, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 The Grooms, Pound Hill, 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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