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.
2,841 approved · 1,015 refused · 740 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PLOUGH LODGE, RECTORY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published52 FILBERT CRESCENT, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY VERGE TO REAR OF 5 TO 8 ALLYINGTON WAY & 5 TO 8 BETHUNE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORGE WOOD, NORTH EAST SECTOR, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 FORGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 BOLTON ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 KEBLE CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedINTERNATIONAL PARK, PRIESTLEY WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHREE BRIDGES CONVENIENCE STORE, 227 - 229 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPLOT NEXT TO THE TWEED, TWEED LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 OWLETTS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAdjacent to 116 North Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not publishedFIRST AND SECOND FLOORS, 4 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published54 MILTON MOUNT AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 TICEHURST CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 Maiden Lane, Langley Green, Crawley
Received Not publishedLAND EAST OF 34 FINSBURY CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9NR
Received Not publishedREAR OF GRATTONS DRIVE IN WORTH PARK AVENUE, (AROUND THE LAKE), POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published27 BURLEYS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 THE SPINNEY, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published40 QUEENS SQUARE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published42-46 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published14 GRANGE CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BANCROFT ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, 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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