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.
3,300 approved · 1,051 refused · 769 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Otford Close, Broadfield, Crawley
Received Not publishedSCALLOWS CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 Mount Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published20 SELSEY ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 WALTON HEATH, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT TELFORD PLACE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedASHMORE HOUSE, DOBSON ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTESCO SUPERSTORE, CAR PARK, BYCROFT WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 WOLD CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWOLDHURSTLEA WOOD ADJACENT TO 26 BUCKSWOOD DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 BUCKMANS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand surrounding Old Rectory Cottage, Rectory Lane, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published50 SOUTHGATE DRIVE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSTERLING HOUSE, HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 FOREST VIEW, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH10 6PJ
Received Not publishedST JOHNS HALL, HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published16 KENMARA CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER GAS HOLDER SITE, NORTH OF CRAWLEY AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 WOODFIELD ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published96 HAZELWICK ROAD, THREE BRIDGES. CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 HAYWARDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 3, CRAWLEY LEISURE PARK, LONDON ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published31 Ardingly Close, Ifield, Crawley, West Sussex
Received Not publishedKIA MOTORS UK, BCL HOUSE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE
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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