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.
3,817 approved · 1,065 refused · 790 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
APPLE TREE FARM, 37 LANGLEY LANE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published45 AINTREE ROAD, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 OVERDENE DRIVE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8DU
Received Not published5 KENMARA CLOSE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published33 WEST WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNORTH TERMINAL, LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT, DEPARTURES ROAD, GATWICK, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX
Received Not published86 DOWER WALK, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND SOUTH OF PARKER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published177 RUSPER ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 TENNYSON CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND AT FORMER THALES SITE, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 2 & 3, BROADGATE, THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSPRINGWELL, CRAWLEY LANE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published107 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published123 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 TITMUS DRIVE, TILGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 - 10 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 CITY PLACE, BEEHIVE RING ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 HARPER DRIVE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHARWOODS (FORMER BOC EDWARDS SITE), MANOR ROYAL, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published58 WINDMILL COURT, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPAVEMENT O/S 14-26 THE BROADWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFLEMING HOUSE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 CHANTREY ROAD, TILGATE, 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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