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.*
After ten years of delays and repeated assurances that proposals were “imminent”, a planning application has now been published for the former Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) site and the adjoining St Martin’s Approach car park. The scheme effectively swaps the use of the two areas. A terrace of six new family houses is proposed on […]
Local residents are shocked to learn that the application to demolish a family home at 32 Kingsend to build a block of 5 flats with a basement was allowed upon appeal this week. As the news is being absorbed, some people admit that in hindsight they were too complacent and should have made more of […]
Ref Address Application Date of Application 43889/APP/ 2025/2691 21 Midcroft Erection of side infill extension. 19/10/2025 14252/APP/ 2025/2753 73 High Street Old Santander Bank Change of use of ground floor class E (bank) to sui generis (bingo hall), following amendments to fenestrations 29/10/2025 71603/APP/ 2025/2769 19 Bury Street Installation of solar panels on rear and […]
Planning Applications APPROVED: Ref Address Application Date of Decision 38232/APP/ 2025/1007 & 1011 10 Church Avenue a) Installation of 2 drop kerbs and vehicular crossovers to the front of the dwelling. b) Installation of vehicular gates and new horizontal timber slats between the existing front garden pillars. 30/10/2025 30013/APP/ 2025/2369 20 Ickenham Road Variation of […]
We have been reviewing a new planning application and will be formally objecting to the proposal. An application has been submitted for 73 High Street, Ruislip—the site of the former Santander bank—to change its use from a bank to a “sui generis (bingo hall)”. The application also includes plans to create a new, separate doorway […]
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:
