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

P21/S1557/CMCounty MattersApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 April 2021

Council decision: County Matter - Approval Recommendation

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Planning application by Tarmac Trading Limited, , Portland House , Bickenhill Lane, Solihull, B37 7BQ for planning permission: Section 73 application to continue the development permitted by permission P11/E2133/CM (MW.0158/11) (Extension to Caversham sand and gravel quarry with restoration to agriculture and flood plain habitats using suitable imported inert restoration material and construction of a new access off the A4155) without complying with condition 50, to remove the groundwater monitoring scheme that is no longer required to prevent damage of the archaeological deposits at Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Reading, RG4 6TX

Submitted
30 March 2021
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX. South Oxfordshire has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 822 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

94% of all applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG4 6TX
Application type
County Matters

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Spanhill CopsePart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    10 Nov

    Details pursuant to Condition No. 62 (Annual Water Monitoring data) of planning permission no.P21/S1557/CM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP23/S3830/CM
  2. 2021
    30 Mar

    Planning application by Tarmac Trading Limited, , Portland House , Bickenhill Lane, Solihull, B37 7BQ for…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)P21/S1557/CM

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