News & Announcements
Sonning Neighbourhood Plan
Ask Your Questions
12-4pm on Saturday June 14, Pearson Hall
A reminder that the Neighbourhood Plan is close to completion and is now available for examination and consultation by all parish residents, local businesses and statutory bodies.
If you would like to comment on the SNP please send an email to snp@sonning-pc.gov.uk giving your full name, address and, if you are part of a local business or a statutory consultee, the organisation you represent. Or you can post your response to the Clerk, SPC, Pearson Rd, RG4 6UL. Consultation period ends 25th July 2025.
Members of the steering group will be available in Pearson Hall from noon to 4pm this Saturday (14th June) to discuss the Plan with residents and answer any questions.
Sonning Neighbourhood Plan
Available to Download
The Sonning Neighbourhood Plan, which has been developed by members of the Sonning Parish Council, the Sonning & Sonning Eye Society, external consultants and local volunteers is in it's final stages. As part of the current consultation stage we are asking local residents and businesses to read through the plan and let us know what they think.
The draft plan can be downloaded HERE, printed versions are available for examination on request to the Clerk of the SPC and will also be available in Woodley and Twyford Libraries.
Sonning Annual Parish Meeting
Tues 13th May
You are cordially invited to attend the Sonning Annual Parish Meeting, being held at 7pm on Tuesday 13th May in the Pearson Hall. Drinks and nibbles will be provided from 6.45pm.
It will give you a chance to meet with your parish and borough councillors as well as to ask any questions regarding the Parish of Sonning.
Please let us know if you plan to attend by using this link to email us so that we can cater accordingly.
You can download the meeting agenda from the Council Meetings page
Invitation to Tender
Extension & Internal Refurbishment of Part of the Sports Pavilion
at King George V Playing Field
Sonning Parish Council is please to invite interested partied who wish to be considered for inclusion in tendering for the above project to submit their full applications by email to the Clerk no later than Tuesday 27 August.
SPC Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024
Annual Parish Meeting
Is Tuesday 14th May in Pearson Hall. It follows the Annual Meeting of the SPC which starts at 7pm. Light refreshments will be served.
Sonning Neighbourhood Plan Update
Sonning Residents received a mail drop from the Sonning Neighbourhood Plan steering group in February to explain the background to a “Call for Sites” to landowners inviting them to offer new sites that we could support that would give protection against unwanted developments under the new edition of the NPPF (National Planning Policy Framework).
The steering group was disappointed at the poor response to the invitation. Most of the landowners approached didn’t even respond and the only two submissions that we received weren't suitable as they either didn’t meet the criteria (a site of less than 1 hectare within the built-up area) or were too small to qualify as a new site that WBC would support in the context of the NPPF.
The steering group has therefore decided to abandon this approach and to proceed with finalising the Neighbourhood Plan without allocating a new site. WBC have been very supportive of the draft plan so we feel that it will still help to combat unwanted development proposals, even if it doesn’t gain the protection that we had hoped for.
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