Feathers Hotel, 16-20 Market Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1SX

2X flag poles and flags added as signage for the hotel above the main entrance to facilitate locating the entrance and the hotel. To be attached by Chem fixed M20 x 250mm through bolts into the building face/substructure, 4 fixings per flag

Authority: West Oxfordshire District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector: Catcheside E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed building known as The Feathers Hotel or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses and whether the character or appearance of the Woodstock Conservation Area would be preserved or enhanced

What decided it

The public benefits of enhanced visibility and waymarking are insufficient to outweigh the considerable weight ascribed to the heritage harm caused to the Grade II listed building and the Woodstock Conservation Area.

Plan policies cited: Policy EH9, Policy EH10, Policy EH11

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