Hillingdon Council plans to remove the £39 rate that over-65s pay for bulky waste collections, so an over-65 with up to three items would pay £53, and one with four to six items £70. It also plans to put library overdue fines up by two-thirds, as part of a proposal to raise most fees and […]
Five months after a toddler was pulled unconscious from Ruislip Lido, the Council’s own Operational Plan shows that the site typically draws more than 20,000 visitors a day, more than the roughly 16,000 people who live in the Ruislip ward. The promised Water Safety Plan has not appeared, there has been no update on the […]
If you pay for garden waste collections in Hillingdon, the service could look very different from April 2027. The Council wants to replace the reusable 90-litre sacks with 240-litre wheeliebins, collected every two weeks all year round instead of weekly for most of it. The charge would be £69 per bin. The decision is being […]
The dog waste bin on your regular walk could be gone by the end of January. The Council wants to remove all 700 of them and hasn’t asked residents what they think. Dog owners would be told to put their poo bags in ordinary litter bins, or take them home. A report dated 14 October […]
In July, Hillingdon’s Director of Community Safety & Enforcement, Richard Webb, told the Residents’ Services Select Committee that Pay & Display machines were under review and that proposals would need to be developed. Those proposals have now been published. A report dated 22 September 2026 to the Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services, Cllr Wayne Bridges, […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
