Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan
The Sonning Common Neighbourhood Development Plan Review was made (adopted) on 14 March 2023. This replaces the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Development Plan adopted on 13 October 2016.
What’s happening now?
The Council at its meeting on 14 March 2023 agreed to make the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan Review.
Take a look at the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan (Referendum Version). The policies in this plan carry full weight in determining planning applications.
The council’s decision statement and the made plan will be published in due course.
On 23 February 2023 residents voted for the adoption of the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan. The official results were:
- Votes in favour of adopting the neighbourhood plan (YES vote): 838 (95%)
- Votes against adopting the neighbourhood plan (NO vote): 45 (5%)
- Turnout: 883 (27.7%)
Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan Review Supporting Documents:
- Information Statement and Information for Voters
- Neighbourhood Plan (Referendum Version)
- Decision Statement
- Revised Examiner’s Report
- Revised Neighbourhood Plan (Submission Version – September 2022)
- Revised Basic Conditions Statement (Submission Version – September 2022)
- Screening Statement for SEA
- Modification Statement
- Consultation Statement
- Schedule of Modifications
- Neighbourhood Plan (Submission Version – December 2021)
- Basic Conditions Statement (Submission Version – December 2021)
- The district council’s Modifications Statement
- Examination Process Note
- Clarification Note
- Response from the parish council to the Clarification Note
- Responses to the January 2022 consultation
- Examiner’s Note
- Comments received during the further consultation on the revised Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan
- Second clarification note
Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan 2016
- Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan (2016) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
- Final Decision Statement
- Official Referendum Result
- Examiner’s Report
- Basic Conditions Statement
- Basic Conditions Statement Appendix 1 Map
- Consultation Statement
- Sustainability Appraisal
- Recreation needs and use of SONs 2&3 background paper
- Appendix A – Evaluation of recreation and leisure needs and deficits
- Appendix B – Sports and recreation survey
- Appendix C – Review and evaluation of allocations and sites
- Appendix D (i)
- Appendix D (ii)
- Appendix D (iii)
- Area Designation Letter
- Map of Proposed Neighbourhood Plan Area
- Proposed Neighbourhood Area Consultation Report
More information on the process is available on our Neighbourhood Planning Resources page.
If you would like to discuss neighbourhood planning with a member of the team, please contact us.