First Point, Buckingham Gate, Gatwick, Crawley Data via plota.co.uk

CR/2026/0439/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of new security fencing, including a sliding vehicular access gate and pedestrian gates to the rear service yard; installation of three fire training simulator containers and associated equipment within the rear service yard; insertion of a new delivery access door to the rear elevation; and application of a vinyl wrap to the principal elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 01:10

Application progress

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Received

22 Jul 2026

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Approved

23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report (PDF) Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice (PDF) Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Covering letter and Planning Statement dated 7th July 2026 (PDF) Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 8

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationf Form (PDF) Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

2 Article 4 directions

Parts of the Urban District of Dorking · Land in the County of Surrey. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

National infrastructure project: Gatwick Airport Northern Runway

The site is inside the project boundary. Airport, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Hookwood built-up area; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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
Received: 22 Jul 2026
Validated: 22 Jul 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Sept 2026
Decision: PERMIT
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Lambert Smith Hampton

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, about the council's usual 60 days. Approved, as 97% of commercial premises here are.

This one63d

Council60d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

35decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 16 Sept 2026

Crawley

Planning Authority Score

0.5/10

Poor

#295 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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