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Planning application for the winning and working of mineral as a southern and eastern extension to Sonning Quarry using existing consented ancillary facilities, office, weighbridge, welfare, wheelwash facilities and internal access roads within Phase C, existing site access points onto Playhatch Road, and the A4155; together with retention and operation of plant site and ancillary facilities, to include the concrete block making operations and ready mixed concrete plant situated south of Playhatch Road along with retention and use of field conveyor including bridges over Playhatch Road and Spring Lane and an unnamed watercourse parallel to Spring Lane; together with retention of existing crossing points over Berry Brook and other watercourses; with progressive restoration using indigenous and imported materials to agricultural land and nature conservation habitat

Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Playhatch, Reading RG4 6TX

Consultation CompleteReference: MW.0036/24Oxfordshire County Council

Application location

Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Playhatch, Reading RG4 6TX

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Application summary

Status
Consultation Complete
Application type
Planning Application
Received
Not published
Validated
27 Mar 2024
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
Oxfordshire County Council

Application overview

Planning application for the winning and working of mineral as a southern and eastern extension to Sonning Quarry using existing consented ancillary facilities, office, weighbridge, welfare, wheelwash facilities and internal access roads within Phase C, existing site access points onto Playhatch Road, and the A4155; together with retention and operation of plant site and ancillary facilities, to include the concrete block making operations and ready mixed concrete plant situated south of Playhatch Road along with retention and use of field conveyor including bridges over Playhatch Road and Spring Lane and an unnamed watercourse parallel to Spring Lane; together with retention of existing crossing points over Berry Brook and other watercourses; with progressive restoration using indigenous and imported materials to agricultural land and nature conservation habitat

Proposal details

Reference
MW.0036/24
Agent
Dan Walker

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DocumentPublishedAction
Consultation Response - Lead Local Flood Authority 01Oct26Application Documents5 Oct 2026View
Consultation Response - Environment Agency 02Oct26Application Documents5 Oct 2026View
M&W Advert Reg 25Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Mineral Application Form 13-2-24Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Third Party Response - Caversham and District Residents’ AssociationApplication Documents22 May 2024View
Third Party Response - Sonning Eye Action GroupApplication Documents24 May 2024View
Third Party Response - Sonning Eye Action Group - AddendumApplication Documents3 Jun 2024View
Third Party Response - SEAG - Addendum - Managing Aggregates Sites for InvertebratesApplication Documents3 Jun 2024View
Third Party Response - Sonning & Sonning Eye SocietyApplication Documents3 Jun 2024View
Third Party Response - The Mill at Sonning Theatre LtdApplication Documents4 Jun 2024View
Third Party Response - Spring Lane Allotment HoldersApplication Documents30 Oct 2024View
Third Party Response - Sonning Eye Action Group 12Aug25Application Documents12 Aug 2025View
Third Party Response - Spring Lane Allotment HoldersApplication Documents23 Aug 2025View
REDACTED Third Party_Residents Comments: consult Apr-Jun24 and Reg25 consult Aug 25Application Documents20 Feb 2026View
REDACTED Combined 68 Residents Letter to Reg25 consult 31 07 25 To 31 08 25Application Documents20 Feb 2026View
Third Party Response - Sonning Eye Action Group 11Sep26Application Documents14 Sept 2026View
Consultation Response - The Chilterns Conservation BoardApplication Documents10 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - OCC Countryside AccessApplication Documents11 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - County CouncillorApplication Documents11 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - Forestry CommissionApplication Documents11 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - Natural EnglandApplication Documents17 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - County ArchaeologistApplication Documents19 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - South Oxfordshire DC Environmental Health OfficerApplication Documents19 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - Wokingham Borough CouncilApplication Documents26 Apr 2024View
Consultation Response - OCC Lead Local Flood AuthorityApplication Documents9 May 2024View
Consultation Response - OCC HighwaysApplication Documents9 May 2024View
Consultation Response - Eye and Dunsden Parish CouncilApplication Documents10 May 2024View
Consultation Response - South Oxfordshire District Council PlanningApplication Documents24 May 2024View
Consultation Response - Shiplake Parish CouncilApplication Documents29 May 2024View
Consultation Response - Binfield Heath Parish CouncilApplication Documents30 May 2024View
Consultation Response - Sonning Parish CouncilApplication Documents4 Jun 2024View
Consultation Response - CPRE South Oxfordshire DistrictApplication Documents6 Jun 2024View
Consultation Response - OCC LandscapeApplication Documents21 Jun 2024View
Consultation Response - OCC BiodiversityApplication Documents1 Jul 2024View
Consultation Response - Environment AgencyApplication Documents20 Sept 2024View
Consultation Response - Forestry Commission 24Jul25Application Documents4 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - Wokingham Borough Council 11Aug25Application Documents12 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Countryside and Tree ServiceApplication Documents12 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Countryside and Tree Service 11Aug25Application Documents12 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - Charvil Parish CouncilApplication Documents13 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - Natural England 18Aug25Application Documents18 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - County Archaeologist 27Aug25Application Documents27 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - Eye and Dunsden Parish Council 29Aug25Application Documents29 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Healthy Place ShapingApplication Documents29 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Biodiversity 29Aug25Application Documents29 Aug 2025View
Consultation Response - South Oxfordshire District Council 15Sep25Application Documents15 Sept 2025View
Consultation Response - Sonning Parish Council 30Aug25Application Documents15 Sept 2025View
Consultation Response - Environment Agency 01Oct25Application Documents2 Oct 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Lead Local Flood Authority 15Sep25Application Documents17 Oct 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Landscape 23Oct25Application Documents27 Oct 2025View
Consultation Response - OCC Transport Development Management 04Aug26Application Documents5 Aug 2026View
Consultation Response - Natural England Comment 25Aug26Application Documents25 Aug 2026View
Consultation Response - OCC Arboricultural Consultant 03Sep26Application Documents3 Sept 2026View
Consultation Response - OCC Countryside Access PRoW 04Sep26Application Documents4 Sept 2026View
Consultation Response - Wokingham Borough Council 14Sep26Application Documents15 Sept 2026View
Consultation Response - Eye & Dunsden Parish Council 23Sep26Application Documents24 Sept 2026View
2402 Sonning Quarry Pa For Extension Environmental Statement Final As At 12.02.24Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
2401 Sonning Quarry Pa For Extension Planning Statement Final As At 16.01.24Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 1 Copy Of Planning Consent Ref Mw.004421 Granted On 14 September 2021Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 2 Statement Of Communuty InvolvementApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
2402 Sonning Quarry Pa For Extension Nts Final As At 12.02.24Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 8 Sonning Quarry Fra FinalApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 9 Transport AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 10 Noise Impact AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 11 Air Quality AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 12 Arboricultural Survey And AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 13 Health Impact AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 14 Climate Change AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 1 Scoping Opinion Issued by OCCApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 2 Soils And Agriculture ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 4 Landscape And Visual Impact AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 6 Heritage Impact AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 7 Sonning HIA FinalApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix 5 Archaeology Impact AssessmentApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 1 Areas Of Archaeological InterestApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Annex BApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Annex CApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Annex DApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix H Great Crested Newt Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix I Reptile Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix J Riparian Mammal Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix K Winter Bird Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Sonning Quarry Ecia ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix A Relevant Policy And LegislationApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix B Site PhotographsApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix C Botanical Species ListApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix E Bat Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix F Breeding Bird Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix G Hazel Dormouse Survey ReportApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix L 3 Statutory Biodiversity Metric Calculations 140324Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 1 Habitat Baseline 10.11.2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 2 Habitat Proposed 10.11.2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 3 Habitat Retention 10.11.2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 4 Baseline Condition Distinctiveness 10.11.2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 4 Uk Hab SurveyApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Figure 5 Proposed Condition Distinctiveness 10.11.2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix L1 Baseline Habitat Conditions AssessmentsApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix L 2 Conditions Assessment Criteria For Proposed HabitatsApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
1957 Appendix L Biodiversity Net Gain Report 140324Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
RD TP Comment 54 Attach: AlidriverseagApplication Documents4 Apr 2025View
RD TP Comment 7 Attach: Sonning Eye Sat Image.jpgApplication Documents4 Apr 2025View
RD TP Comment 31 Attach: Quarryextensionv2Application Documents4 Apr 2025View
RD TP Comment 36 Attach: Appendix 1 Birds RecordedApplication Documents4 Apr 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 8 Updated Fra Showing Tracked ChangesApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 9 Updated Nts With Changes Shown In RedApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Sonning Quarry Pa For Extension Supplementary Statement As At 17.07.25Application Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 2 Updated Section 3 Of The Es With Changes Shown In RedApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 3 Updated Section 4 Of The Es With Changes Shown In RedApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 4 Updated Arboricultural Impact AssessmentApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 5 Updated Hia Showing Tracked ChangesApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 6 Updated Ecological Impact Assessment Report Sonning Phase D & EApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix 7 Lvia AddendumApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix C Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Botanical Species ListApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix A Sonning Quarry Phase D & E Relevant Policy And LegislationApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix B Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Site PhotographsApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix I Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Reptile Survey ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix J Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Riparian Mammal ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix K Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Winter Bird Survey ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix E Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Bat ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix F Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Bbs Survey ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix G Sonning Quarry Phase D&e Dormouse ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix H Sonning Quarry Phase D & E Gcn Survey ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Sonning Quarry Phase D & E Biodiversity Net Gain ReportApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 Appendix L2 Statutory Biodiversity Metric Condition Assessments Proposed HabitatsApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix L1 Baseline Habitat Conditions Assessments(1)Application Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 25 1957 Appendix L3 Bng Statutory Metric 09.07.25 JnhwApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ 1957 App L 1 Baseline Habitat Cons Assess July26Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ 1957 App L 2 Cond Assess Proposed Habitats Updated June 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ 1957 Appendix L 3 Statutory Metric 17.07.26Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 4 Nature Conservation & Biodiversity Technical Note By Fpcr Dated July 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 6 Landscape And Visual Supplementary Information By Dja Dated July 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 8 Updated Nts Prepared By Dlwl Dated July 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 7 Technical Note Prepared By Stantec Dated June 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 1 Copy Of Letter From Occ Dated 31 December 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 3 Updated Section 4 Of The Es With Changes Shown In Red(1)Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Sonning Quarry A For Extension 2nd Supplementary Statement Final As At 20.07.26(1)Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 2 Updated Section 3 Of The Es With Changes Shown In Red(2)Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ Appendix 5 Addendum Bng Report By Fpcr July 2026Application Documents7 Sept 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ 1957 Appendix L 5 Rca Survey ResultsApplication Documents9 Oct 2026View
Appendix 3 Completed Validation ChecklistApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Departure FormApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
MM0036 24 Sonning Reg 25 Letter Aug24Application Documents23 Apr 2025View
MW0036 24 Sonning Reg 25 Letter Dec24Application Documents23 Apr 2025View
Additional Info AgentApplication Documents22 Jul 2025View
M&W ADVERT REG 25_MW.0036/24Application Documents23 Jul 2025View
MW0036 24 Sonning Reg 25 Letter Dec25Application Documents12 Feb 2026View
Additional Info AgentApplication Documents4 Aug 2026View
M&W Agents LetterApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
M&W Advert EIA.docxApplication Documents23 Apr 2024View
Elevations Of Plant And Workshop Drawing Sng 0008 AApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Indicitive Plant Site Layout Dec 2004 Dwg Kef JjApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Plan Of Plant Site Extract Drawing Sng 0003 GApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Site Plan Of Existing Processing & Batching Plants Drawing No. Sng.013.eApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Wrights Spring Lane Bridge DrawingApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
S339 00039 44 Berry Brook Crossing Detail 13 11 2023Application Documents4 Apr 2024View
Appendix L 4 Concept Restoration PlanApplication Documents4 Apr 2024View
Reg25 submission July 25 S339 00039 44a Berry Brook Crossing Detail 09 06 2025Application Documents22 Jul 2025View
Reg25 submission July 26 S339 00039 36c Site Location 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July 26 S339 00039 37c Existing Situation 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July 26 S339 00039 38c Overall Working 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 39c Phase D1 Working 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 41c End Of Phase D3 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 43c Working Phase E4 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 45c Working Phase E7 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 46c Concept Restoration 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 47c Cross Sections Concept Restoration 29 05 2026Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ 1957 Appendix L 4 S339 00039 46c Concept Restore 29 05 26Application Documents4 Aug 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 42c Working Phase E1 29 05 2026Application Documents7 Sept 2026View
Reg25 submission July ’26’ S339 00039 40c Sonning Eye Context 29 05 2026Application Documents7 Sept 2026View

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