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.
2,765 approved · 1,015 refused · 739 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CRANBROOK NURSERY SCHOOL, IVY COTTAGE, BALCOMBE ROAD, HORLEY
Received Not publishedSTREET HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published73 WARREN DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCAR PARK IN FRONT OF 11 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD, NORTH EAST SECTOR, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 WALTON HEATH, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedForge Cottage, Ifield Street, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published12 KIDBOROUGH ROAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOUTHGATE DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBRYMEC, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSCOUT GROUP AND GUIDES HALL & GARAGES ADJ TO 53 LARK RISE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTEERS LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published400 IFIELD DRIVE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published43 MILTON MOUNT AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE ORCHARD, FORGE WOOD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 HYDE HEATH COURT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSaltdean Close, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not published14 BARNWOOD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 5, THE PAVILION, QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published102 HEATHFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 3UB
Received Not published13 DORMANS, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published140 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published51 THE MILLBANK, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 LANERCOST ROAD, SOUTHGATE, 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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