Planning forms an important part of the work of Ruislip Residents’ Association. Only by monitoring the planning applications that are submitted to Hillingdon Council can we maintain the quality of our built environment, and ensure that quality housing is being built for our residents, both existing and newcomers.
On this page you will find articles on particular major applications, and more general planning updates.*
In March, the Hillingdon Planning Committee met to discuss an application for Dyson Drive in Uxbridge, where residents are asking for permission to replace some green space with nine new car parking spaces on the new St Andrews estate. Officers strongly recommended that the application be refused. Cllr Rita Chamdal spoke in support of the […]
McDonald’s restaurant has been on Ruislip High Street for 30 years, employs 80 local people and regularly serves many more. They are temporarily closed while they extend their restaurant into the unit next door (previously The Linen Chest) and return it to work as a more “traditional” fastfood takeaway and restaurant configuration. After a series […]
Despite what you might read in some of the more fantastical claims on Facebook, the Barn Hotel is not used to give free housing at Hillingdon’s expense for asylum seekers or illegal migrants. It is owned privately with a pending planning application to build new flats, to create a new public ‘Heritage Square’ and to […]
We received a message from a local resident concerned about a large extension with a pending planning application, and took a look at the plans. The resident’s concerns were that a semi-detatched house on Deane Croft Road would be extended so substantially as to be near-unrecognisable, building a new two-storey extension at the side and […]
Planning Applications APPROVED: None Planning Applications REFUSED: Ref Address Application Date of Decision 14922/APP/ 2025/598 10A Church Avenue Installation of hardstanding to the side of the property. 05/06/2025 62963/APP/2024/3371 The Orchard Construction of a discount food store (Use Class E) with car parking, landscaping works, and other associated works. 13/06/2025
For over 100 years, the Ruislip Residents' Association has sought to protect and represent the interests of local residents. No issue is too big or too small, whether raised by a group or an individual. It also advises members on how they may progress their concerns independently if they prefer.
Patricia Wardle
Honorary Secretary
Ruislip Residents’ Association
231 Rye House
161 High Street
Ruislip
Middlesex HA4 8JY
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:
