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.
1,434 approved · 992 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RADISSON RED HOTEL, GATWICK AIRPORT, CHURCH ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published42 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7EF
Received Not published7 THE DINGLE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCBRE THE BASE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 ATHELSTAN CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7RB
Received Not publishedDAISY CHAIN DAY NURSERY, 194 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST MARGARETS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE MARDENS, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published88 ST MARYS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKNIGHTS ACRE, POLES LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedROSEHIP COTTAGE, FORGE WOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE OFFICE, CRAWLEY BUSINESS QUARTER, MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND NEXT TO THE TWEED, TWEED LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedOVERLINE HOUSE, CRAWLEY STATION AND ADJACENT HIGHWAY, STATION WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published194 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published21 LANCING CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 KELSO CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 WALTON HEATH, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published37 OLIVIER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 WITNEY ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 THE MILLBANK, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCRAWLEY COLLEGE, COLLEGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published65 NEW STREET, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 - 29 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHoly Trinity C Of E School, Buckswood Drive, Gossops 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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