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.
3,604 approved · 1,061 refused · 788 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 SEAFORD ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published78 GREEN LANE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published26 BURGH CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLand parcel off Worth Way, adj to Fieldgate, Church Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedBRAMWELLS, 13 HILLMEAD, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 APPLEFIELD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published70 MAIDEN LANE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY LAND AT A23 NEAR FOOTBRIDGE JUNCTION, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 ST JOHNS ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedAMENITY LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SALVINGTON ROAD ADJACENT TO 9 JOLESFIELD COURT, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFRONTIER PITTS, CROMPTON HOUSE, CROMPTON WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND EAST OF BRIGHTON ROAD, PEASE POTTAGE, WEST SUSSEX
Received Not published37 BURNS ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published35 STACE WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7YN
Received Not published20 HARPER DRIVE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 SISSINGHURST CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 OLD MANOR CLOSE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published28 CEDAR CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 IVANHOE CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY,
Received Not publishedENTRANCE TO JACOBS COURT, WORTH PARK AVENUE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 HOLLY CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 OVERDENE DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 WINDSOR CLOSE, BROADFIELD, 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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