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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.
2,484 approved · 1,011 refused · 732 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RED TILES, HORSHAM ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLANGLEY GREEN TYRES, LANGLEY PLACE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published15 WHITTLE WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand to the rear of 98 Three Bridges Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published14 HOBBS ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 ST CATHERINES ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 OAKHILL CHASE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSEYMOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL, SEYMOUR ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBROOK LANE HOUSE, PEEKS BROOK LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH6 9ST
Received Not published14 LEVERET LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBOUNDARY OVERHANGING CHURCH CAR PARK, JACOBS COURT, WORTH PARK AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 11, FLEMING WAY INDUSTRIAL CENTRE, ROYCE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAMENITY LAND TO REAR OF 17 LYTTON DRIVE, SISSINGHURST CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 1 BROADGATE, THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published60 OXFORD ROAD, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTOLLERS LODGE, 79A TINSLEY LANE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 2B, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWISHING WELL HOUSE, BALCOMBE ROAD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 ST EDMUNDS CLOSE. LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published53 SHAWS ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published108 MALTHOUSE ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 PALMER ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedZURICH HOUSE, EAST PARK, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND PARCEL WEST OF JUNCTION WITH HASLETT AVENUE AND SPINDLE WAY, THREE BRIDGES, 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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