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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.
4,002 approved · 1,070 refused · 792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BRIDLEWORTH, CHURCH ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published62 STACE WAY, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF PEGLER WAY AND TO THE WEST OF THE HIGH STREET COMPRISING 100 HIGH STREET (BAR MED) AND FORMER SUSSEX HOUSE AND CAR PARK, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFAIRFIELD HOUSE SITE, WEST GREEN DRIVE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER DEERSWOOD UPPER SCHOOL, IFIELD GREEN, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 CAFFINS CLOSE, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedRECTORY FARMHOUSE, IFIELD STREET, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 5 LINCHMERE PLACE, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNITS 3B-3D AND 4B, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published11 GREGORY CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published38 TOWN BARN ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE COTTAGE IN THE WOOD, BALCOMBE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published12 Laurel Close, Furnace Green, Crawley
Received Not published76 DOWER WALK, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published50 Chepstow Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not publishedNo's: 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 30, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 48, 64, 66, 68, 70 & 72,WOODSIDE ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published6 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published23 GALES PLACE, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published30 TOWN MEAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSAXON HOUSE, STEPHENSON WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published5 BURLANDS, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published52 NORTH ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published1 LEIGHLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published90 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, 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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