The Town Council act as a consultee in the planning process and, by law, has the opportunity to comment on all applications made in Abingdon. The Vale of White Horse District Council has the statutory planning responsibility and makes decisions on planning applications.
You can see details of all the planning applications made in Abingdon on the district council web page.
All planning applications are considered by town councillors and they can request that any which need to be discussed are brought to the planning panel. The planning panel meets every three weeks and details of their deliberations can be found here.
Useful guidance
The district council provides some helpful guidance in relation to material and non-material planning considerations.
A useful resource in relation to the role of parish and town councils in the planning system is ‘Planning explained‘ which, although published in December 2011, remains a very good overview of the system.
