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.
4,077 approved · 1,071 refused · 792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 CANBERRA CLOSE, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE TREE, 103 HIGH STREET, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedTHE OLD VICARAGE, IFIELD STREET, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 1, OAKWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, GATWICK ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 KITES CLOSE, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLONDON ROAD SOUTHBOUND, OPP PETS AT HOME, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, LONDON ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedEASTMAN HOUSE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published25 BURGH CLOSE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published2 HINDHEAD CLOSE, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedEDF BUILDING, RUSSELL WAY, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedDivisional Police Headquarters, Northgate Avenue, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedOUTSIDE 23 CROSSWAYS, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not published18 CHALDON ROAD, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND ADJ TO 29 GOFFS PARK ROAD, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 HOLMCROFT, SOUTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published19 WOODLANDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedIfield Community College, Crawley Avenue, Ifield, Crawley
Received Not published11 BOLNEY COURT, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY
Received Not published76 THE BOULEVARD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published9 OLD ORCHARDS, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedCENTRAL SUSSEX COLLEGE, COLLEGE ROAD, THREE BRIDGES CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBuchan Kennels. Buchan Park, Broadfield, Off A264, Crawley
Received Not publishedLANGLEY GRANGE, LANGLEY WALK, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBALCOMBE ROAD, 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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