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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.
4,418 approved · 1,073 refused · 796 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 CRABTREE ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedADJACENT TO NO 60 IFIELD ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published8 CHAPMAN ROAD, MAIDENBOWER, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedKFC RESTAURANT, RING ROAD NORTH, GATWICK, CRAWLEY
Received Not published97 THREE BRIDGES ROAD, THREE BRIDGES, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedUNIT 3, CRAWLEY LEISURE PARK, LONDON ROAD, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published45 SHIPLEY ROAD, IFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFORMER GAS HOLDER STATION CAR PARK, LAND WEST OF CRAWLEY AVENUE, POUND HILL
Received Not published21 Burgh Close, Pound Hill, Crawley
Received Not published2 VICTORIA MEWS, WEST GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published3B - 3C BROAD WALK, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFOOTPATH OUTSIDE GARAGE, FLEMING WAY, NORTHGATE, CRAWLEY
Received Not published20 FOXGLOVE WALK, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9DY
Received Not published19 MAYFIELD, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedGOFFS MANOR GOFFS MANOR, OLD HORSHAM ROAD, SOUTHGATE, 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 publishedLAND OFF WORTH WAY (SOUTH OF SAXON ROAD), POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not published52 KINGSCOTE HILL, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not published45 GRATTONS DRIVE, POUND HILL, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedPHASE 2C, FORGE WOOD, (NORTH EAST SECTOR), CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedLAND TO THE REAR OF THE IMPERIAL PUB, BROADFIELD BARTON, BROADFIELD, CRAWLEY
Received Not published10 ROSEDALE CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedHIGHWAY LAND AT CORNER OF PRIESTLEY WAY AND RUTHERFORD WAY, CRAWLEY
Received Not publishedFIRST FLOOR, 2 MAIDENBOWER SQUARE, MAIDENBOWER, 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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