Crawley planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Crawley Borough Council, updated daily. Crawley Borough Council received 158 planning applications in the last 90 days, 2 of them major schemes. 89% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 60 days.
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Recent applications in Crawley
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Hangar 6, South Perimeter Road, Gatwick Airport, Crawley
Hangar demolition for airport valet parking, Gatwick. Removes Hangar 6, pump house and water tanks to create 530 car parking spaces at consultation stage. Demolition, site clearance and hard landscaping precede the parking installation, with utilities disconnection and environmental remediation as…
DemolitionHard landscapingGroundworks
Pound Hill Sewage Treatment Works, Radford Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Two-storey modular office and welfare building at a sewage treatment works, Crawley. Demolishes an existing structure and erects a new two-storey modular office unit at consultation stage. Modular construction, structural frame delivery and site utilities dominate, with M&E and fit-out to follow…
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
235 Three Bridges Road, Three Bridges, Crawley
Five-unit office-to-residential conversion via prior approval, Crawley. First and second floors converted to flats with separated residential entrance, at permitted-development stage. Fit-out, partitioning, M&E rewiring and new kitchens and bathrooms drive the work package.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
St Pauls Methodist Church, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley
Church car park extension with new crossover, Crawley. Extends church parking on Woodfield Road with a new crossover and access, at full application stage. Groundworks, sub-base aggregates, surfacing, kerbing and drainage packages suit local civils contractors and surfacing suppliers.
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
Sainsbury's West Green, Crawley Avenue, Crawley
Solar PV installation on a Crawley supermarket roof. Permitted-development prior approval for flat roof-mounted panels on an existing commercial building. Electrical infrastructure, racking and panel procurement open to renewable installers and electrical contractors.
RenewablesM&E
Crawley Leisure Park, Unit 10,London Road, West Green, Crawley
Leisure park unit pergola and cladding alterations, Crawley. Erects a pergola with retractable cover and two pendant lights, and restains existing timber cladding, at full application stage. Steel framing, retractable fabric shading, external lighting circuits and timber finishing trades can pick…
SteelM&EJoinery
50 Barrington Road, Southgate, Crawley
Six-metre single-storey rear extension, Crawley, via larger householder prior approval. Demolishes an existing rear extension and replaces it with a 3.3m-high, 3m-eaves addition projecting 6m beyond the original rear wall. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and glazing packages suit local…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
1 Magpie Walk, Northgate, Crawley
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension, Crawley. Adds family space and a first-floor bedroom to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and steel for the side wall opening are the packages for local subcontractors.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
55 Tinsley Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley
Single-storey rear extension and raised patio, Crawley, full application. Adds a rear extension to a Three Bridges house and extends the raised rear patio at full application stage. Groundworks for the patio and foundations, brickwork, roofing and glazing are the packages open to local…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
80 Tinsley Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley
Two-storey householder extension and dormer enlargement, Crawley, full application. Adds a two-storey side extension, single-storey front extension, storm porch and enlarged rear dormer to a Three Bridges house. Brickwork, roofing and window packages for local trades, with groundworks for the side…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
46 Denchers Plat, Langley Green, Crawley
Rear extension enlargement under prior approval rules, Crawley. Extends an existing rear extension at the permitted-development notification stage. Structural work, roofing and M&E packages follow the prior approval, with planning risk minimal on a larger extension.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
50 Town Mead, West Green, Crawley
Single-storey rear extension at a house in West Green, Crawley. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing home at full application stage. Foundations, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local builders, with bifold or patio door supply to follow.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
126 Ifield Road, West Green, Crawley
Garage conversion and single-storey side extension for a granny annexe, Crawley. Converts an existing garage and adds side extension to create ancillary accommodation at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and internal fit-out, including kitchen and bathroom services, are the…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
30 Kingscote Hill, Gossops Green, Crawley
First-storey side extension and single-storey front infill, Crawley. Adds a first floor to one side and infills the front at ground level on an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks packages suit local contractors, with structural steels over new openings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
29 Pearson Road, Pound Hill, Crawley
Loft conversion lawfulness certificate, Crawley. Seeks confirmation that a hip-to-gable conversion with rear dormer and three rooflights is permitted development or lawful under prior use. Establishes entitlement without requiring full planning consent, so the scheme can proceed to detailed design…
Planning appeals in Crawley Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Crawley Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Crawley Borough Council, raw rate
27.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
31.1%
national rates applied to this caseload
3.6 percentage points below expected. Crawley Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
246 appeals counted, 233 judged either way (64 allowed, 169 dismissed), 13 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Householder (HAS) | 31.7% | 35.6% | 104 | 101 | 32 |
| Planning Appeal | 21.9% | 28.8% | 98 | 96 | 21 |
| Enforcement Notice | 20% | 13.5% | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 0% | 20.6% | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 66.7% | 33.3% | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 33.3% | 36.9% | 6 | 6 | 2 |
4 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| High Hedges | None judged | 28.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crawley Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder83% (75 decided)
- other100% (24 decided)
- commercial89% (18 decided)
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