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.
2,538 approved · 1,011 refused · 735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 DENCHERS PLAT, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedJ SAINSBURY SUPERSTORE, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 CLITHEROW GARDENS, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNETWORK RAIL GATWICK MOBILE OPERATIONS MANAGER (MOM) DEPOT, STATION APPROACH ROAD, GATWICK AIRPORT
Received Not publishedOUTSIDE 40 QUEENS SQUARE, THE BROADWAY, CRAWLEY
Received Not published127 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBROADFIELD MOSQUE, BROADWOOD RISE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLANGLEY GRANGE, LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 13, GATWICK INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, COBHAM WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published43 MOUNT CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAMENITY LAND TO THE FRONT OF 51/53 WORTH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 1, FORGE WOOD, (NORTH EAST SECTOR), CRAWLEY
Received Not published111 HAZELWICK ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFAIRFIELD HOUSE SITE, WEST GREEN DRIVE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedStellantis & You Peugeot Crawley, Fleming Way, Crawley
Received Not published64 Punch Copse Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not published13 KNIGHTON CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND SOUTH OF HYDEHURST LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published48 BUCKMANS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published144 LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY, RH10 8LD
Received Not published5 AILSA CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9DW
Received Not publishedPHASE 2C, FORGE WOOD, (NORTH EAST SECTOR), 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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