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.
2,815 approved · 1,015 refused · 740 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bedale Close, Southgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedOPERATIONAL RAILWAY LAND SOUTH OF THREE BRIDGES STATION, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 11 & 12, BIRCHFIELD HOUSE, IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 GRESHAM WALK, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 BOUNDARY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBUTTS END & 1, BUTTS CLOSE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 THE MILLBANK, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 SHAWS ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedDYERS ALMSHOUSES, NORTHGATE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 BRACKEN CLOSE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJACENT TO 120 BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedJ SAINSBURY SUPERSTORE, CRAWLEY AVENUE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 SAXON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 TO 8 BARN CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 HOCKEN MEAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT VIVIENNE CLOSE/DOBSON ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published34 SAXON ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7 MAYFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedP AND H MOTORCYCLES, 61 - 63 GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPEGASUS 1, PEGASUS PLACE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 1-5 KINGSLAND COURT, THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSITE E2, MANOR ROYAL BUSINESS QUARTER, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 ENTERPRISE COURT, METCALF WAY, LANGLEY 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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