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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.
4,335 approved · 1,073 refused · 795 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT FARADAY ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published145 LONDON ROAD, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedNESTLE HEAD OFFICE, 1 CITY PLACE, BEEHIVE RING ROAD, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published128 Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not publishedHORSE HILL WELL SITE, HORSE HILL, HOOKWOOD, HORLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER GSK MANOR ROYAL, TELECON METALS & CARPENTERS TECHNOLOGY SITE, NAPIER WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedWINGSPAN FIELD & PART OF DONKEY FIELD, BETTS WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPerimeter Road North, Gatwick Airport
Received Not published1ST & 2ND FLOORS, 15 QUEENSWAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published7A MAIDENBOWER SQUARE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 2B, COUNTY OAK RETAIL PARK, COUNTY OAK WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published80 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published17 Crabbet Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Received Not publishedASTRAL TOWERS, BETTS WAY, LANGLEY GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 FOWLER CLOSE, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published13 WILBERFORCE CLOSE, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9TD
Received Not publishedFORMER GSK MANOR ROYAL, TELECON METALS & CARPENTERS TECHNOLOGY SITE, NAPIER WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published82 SPRING PLAT, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY, RH10 7BU
Received Not publishedOakwood Industrial Park, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley
Received Not published32 PEPPARD ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not published29 ROSEDALE CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedBIRCHFIELD HOUSE, IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published22 PEMBROKE ROAD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedSPRING PLAT COURT, BLACKWATER LANE, 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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