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Wessex Lodge 15 Green Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JY

26/00510/HHDHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 1 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of a padel tennis court.

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodstock and Bladon
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wessex Lodge 15 Green Lane Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1JY. West Oxfordshire has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Woodstock and Bladon. We hold 189 applications in total for the OX20 postcode area.

95% of full applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development by reason of its siting, scale and design would appear as an intrusive and visually incongruous addition forward of the principal elevation of the host dwelling, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the locality in conflict with Policies OS2, OS4 and H6 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, the NPPF 2024, in particular Section 12 and the West Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016.
  2. The introduction of a padel tennis court in close proximity to neighbouring dwellings within the built up area of Woodstock would result in adverse impacts on the amenity of neighbouring occupiers by way of noise and disturbance. As such, the proposal is considered contrary to policies with Policies OS2, OS4, H6 and EH8 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, paragraph 198 of the NPPF 2024 and the West Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OX20 1JY
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodstock

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
gdmrplanning

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Oxfordshire

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