Manor Royal Service Station, Gatwick Road, Northgate, Crawley, RH10 9ET Data via plota.co.uk

CR/2025/0229/FUL - Full Planning Application Awaiting Decision

Proposal

Change of use of existing car wash to include use by the public Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
17 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 18 Nov 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 469.

The consultation period closed on 12 Aug 2025.

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
Manor Royal. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Crawley Borough Council Air Quality Management Area
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Flood defence about 20 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); National infrastructure project about 1950 m away: Gatwick Airport Northern Runway; Inside the Crawley (Crawley) built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Crawley
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
RH10 9ET
Received
17 Jul 2025
Validated
17 Jul 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Squires Planning

Decision outlook

Day 469, past the statutory target. 64% of full applications in Crawley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 469413 days past the 56-day target
21%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
176decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Crawley in the last twelve months, from validation. Crawley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Aug 2025
Crawley
Planning Authority Score
0.5/10
Poor
#295 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Crawley is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #288 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 73% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Crawley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Crawley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #235 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #265 of 296
26%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #288 of 296
73%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #290 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
5 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
18 decided
218
Total decisions
38 refused in the year to March 2026