Along with its usual work of helping the residents of Ruislip, the RRA sometimes takes on more national issues, that nevertheless have an effect on Ruislip.
At present we are dealing with the proposals for High Speed 2 (HS2), which goes through Ruislip, partly in a tunnel and partly on the surface. We are working to reduce the impact of this major national infrastructure project on Ruislip and its community.
The Public Inspection of Accounts allows residents to scrutinise council finances and ask questions, but Hillingdon’s late publication of its accounts and failure to answer valid inspection questions raise concerns about how effectively this legal right works in practice. What happened when Ruislip residents attended Three Ruislip residents – two of them committee members of […]
In July 2025, Hillingdon Council’s then-Cabinet Member for Community & Environment, Cllr. Eddie Lavery, cited “survey data” as a key reason for not implementing an entrance fee at Ruislip Lido. However, a subsequent Freedom of Information (FOI) response, email correspondence and a rejected follow-up question have cast significant doubt on the existence – and the […]
After months of silence, missed statutory deadlines, and the looming threat of a High Court Judicial Review, Hillingdon Council has finally published a formal report today regarding the Rural Activities Garden Centre (RAGC). The report, authored by the Assistant Director of Property, recommends that the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services & Property, Cllr Jonathan Bianco, […]
Hillingdon Council has published its draft budget for 2026/27, which includes significant increases to parking charges across the borough, alongside changes to resident discounts and how parking is paid for. In the first of a series of articles on the draft budget, we look at the changes proposed for parking in Ruislip and across the […]
Hillingdon Council’s December Cabinet meeting should unveil the draft 2026/27 Budget ahead of its public consultation opening. As with all public meetings held at the Civic Centre, the papers making up the Agenda bundle should be published a week before the meeting. The 2026/27 Budget was not part of the papers when they were published on […]
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:
