Sonning Common - proposed 20mph speed limit

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This consultation has now concluded.

Oxfordshire County Council wants to make our built environments safer and more attractive places to walk and cycle. To enable this, 20mph speed restrictions are being used to help promote alternative modes of transport for local travel. Further details on how the council is considering making 20mph the new 30mph for Oxfordshire communities can be found here.

We're therefore asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit throughout Sonning Common, replacing the majority* of the existing 30mph limits on the residential village roads. The proposals are being put forward following road safety concerns raised by the parish council.

* Sections of existing 30mph speed limit on some roads will be retained, along with the existing 40mph speed limit on the B481 Peppard Road between a point northwest of its junction with Bishopsland and a point northwest of its junction with Bay Tree Rise which will also remain as currently signed. Council Officers have taken the current road environment & traffic usage into account, when determining the extents of the scheme.

The proposals also involve minor amendments being made to the orders covering speed limits in Rotherfield Peppard & Kidmore End, with regards to roads leading out of Sonning Common.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation, and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by Friday 21 October 2022.

Whilst we will endeavour to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2022. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting (please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting). The Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here.


Oxfordshire County Council wants to make our built environments safer and more attractive places to walk and cycle. To enable this, 20mph speed restrictions are being used to help promote alternative modes of transport for local travel. Further details on how the council is considering making 20mph the new 30mph for Oxfordshire communities can be found here.

We're therefore asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit throughout Sonning Common, replacing the majority* of the existing 30mph limits on the residential village roads. The proposals are being put forward following road safety concerns raised by the parish council.

* Sections of existing 30mph speed limit on some roads will be retained, along with the existing 40mph speed limit on the B481 Peppard Road between a point northwest of its junction with Bishopsland and a point northwest of its junction with Bay Tree Rise which will also remain as currently signed. Council Officers have taken the current road environment & traffic usage into account, when determining the extents of the scheme.

The proposals also involve minor amendments being made to the orders covering speed limits in Rotherfield Peppard & Kidmore End, with regards to roads leading out of Sonning Common.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation, and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by Friday 21 October 2022.

Whilst we will endeavour to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2022. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting (please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting). The Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here.


This consultation has now concluded.