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Crawley: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Crawley Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of WSX. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within West Sussex County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Crawley for 2026–27: £246.19 of a £2,418.46 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£375,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £12.6 million |
| Cultural and related services | £4.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.8 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.1 million |
| Other services | −£544,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £32.5 million |
Life in Crawley: the official facts
- People living here
- 124,462 people
- Typical age
- 37 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £22,788
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £657
- Children growing up in poverty
- 29.5%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 4.4%
- Average price of a home
- £332,097
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 9.1 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.8 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 91.1%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 223.4 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,840 businesses
Who runs the council
36 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 21, Reform UK 11, Conservative and Unionist 4.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 36 councillors, by ward
- Ian Butler (Reform UK) — Bewbush & North Broadfield
- Marion Ayling (Labour Party) — Bewbush & North Broadfield
- Michael Jones (Labour Party) — Bewbush & North Broadfield
- Ian Irvine (Labour Party) — Broadfield
- Kiran Khan (Labour Party) — Broadfield
- Marie Mariette (Reform UK) — Broadfield
- Duncan Crow (Conservative and Unionist) — Furnace Green
- Sarah LeTissier (Reform UK) — Furnace Green
- Chris Mullins (Labour Party) — Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
- Esther Barrott (Labour Party) — Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
- Beni Yianni (Labour Party) — Ifield
- Grainne Conway (Reform UK) — Ifield
- Julian Charatan (Labour Party) — Ifield
- Imran Ashraf (Labour Party) — Langley Green & Tushmore
- Shelly Bushnell (Labour Party) — Langley Green & Tushmore
- Tahira Rana (Labour Party) — Langley Green & Tushmore
- Dominic Ramsay (Conservative and Unionist) — Maidenbower
- Kim Jaggard (Conservative and Unionist) — Maidenbower
- Riszard Rzepa (Reform UK) — Maidenbower
- Khayle Abu Mosa (Labour Party) — Northgate & West Green
- Mitch Whiston (Reform UK) — Northgate & West Green
- Sue Mullins (Labour Party) — Northgate & West Green
- James Tidy (Reform UK) — Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
- Justin Russell (Labour Party) — Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
- Nick Hilton (Labour Party) — Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
- Bob Laycock (Reform UK) — Pound Hill South & Worth
- Craig Burke (Reform UK) — Pound Hill South & Worth
- Thomas Bidwell (Conservative and Unionist) — Pound Hill South & Worth
- Bob Noyce (Labour Party) — Southgate
- Dipesh Patel (Labour Party) — Southgate
- Tim Charters (Reform UK) — Southgate
- Atif Nawaz (Labour Party) — Three Bridges
- Mandie Hains (Labour Party) — Three Bridges
- Marilyn Hilton (Labour Party) — Three Bridges
- Emma Whiteoak (Reform UK) — Tilgate
- Olu Adeniyi (Labour Party) — Tilgate