Community Development & Planning

The role of the department is to foster public involvement and creativity and advise the legislative decision makers and the public in how to formulate and implement policies which balance the environmental, economic, and social needs for the present and future. The department is responsible for all planning, administration, and enforcement of the Zoning Regulations. The Department works with the Planning Commission to develop the Woodstock Master Plan and modernize the Land Use Regulations.  The department also performs professional, administrative, and technical support on land use and design issues.

Parcel Map Viewer

Online parcel maps are current up to 2025 . The Grand List data relevant to the parcel map is updated annually by the state (noted by Grand List Year in the online map parcel detail). Please note that this does not take the place of a legal survey or other primary source documentation. Hard copy surveys since 2018 are available in the Town Clerk or Assessor office.

The Board's primary responsibility is to appraise as accurately and equitably as possible all real property in the Town and Village in compliance with the Vermont State Statutes. The Grand List is a list of all properties in Woodstock and their assessments. The assessment valuation (listing) year runs from April 1 through the following March 31st.

Other duties of the Town Assessors office include annual maintenance such as updating assessment site improvements from building permits, processing the State's Current Use and Homestead data, address changes, property transfers, sales tracking and validation for the State Equalization Study and town wide reappraisal assessments when mandated by the State.