Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

Pre-application planning advice

Pre-application advice is an essential part of providing an efficient and effective planning service as it enables schemes to be considered and, if necessary, amended prior to the formal submission of a planning application. We encourage the early discussion of schemes. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 2003 we charge a fee for this service. The intention is to recover the cost of providing the service and not to deter applicants and their agents from engaging in pre-application discussions.

We want to encourage pre-application discussions by offering helpful professional advice within an agreed timeframe. The purpose is to give you a clear steer about whether it is likely your proposal will be granted planning permission. If we consider it unlikely that planning permission will be granted we will give you reasons for our opinion. It needs to be understood that the advice given by officers cannot be binding on the council as the final decision on formal planning applications lies with the planning committee or the head of planning and will be made following consideration of all representations received as part of the planning application process.

To find out more please download the document on the right-hand side of the page.