Feathers Hotel 16 - 20 Market Street Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1SX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01671/LBC - Listed Building Consent Refused

Proposal

External alterations to erect 2no. hanging signs, positioned on either side of the main entrance (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
9 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
28 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
1 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: The Feathers Hotel
List entry 1052856 · 6 m away · 94 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II*, 90 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 94 with distances
Historic England ↗
Woodstock Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Local nature reserve 226 m away: Woodstock Watermeadows
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1088 m away: Botley West Solar Farm; SSSI 368 m away: Blenheim Park SSSI; World heritage site 201 m away: Blenheim Palace; Inside the Woodstock built-up area; 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. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £2,799,999 in August 2023. Other property, freehold.

14 August 2023£2,799,999Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
8 July 2021£2,499,999Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area1,267 m² (13,638 sq ft)
Energy ratingA (asset rating 25)
UseHotels
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
OX20 1SX
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Woodstock and Bladon
Parish
Woodstock
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 16 days faster than West Oxfordshire's median of 51 for listed building works. Refused, as 2% of listed building works here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
139decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by West Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Oxfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15063290
Planning Portal ref
PP-15063290
Comments by
19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#60 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #33 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #46 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #81 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #135 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
72%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,125
Total decisions
59 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.