Hillingdon Council is failing to publish vital expert advice on its public planning portal. Across several live local applications, formal consultation responses from statutory heritage and archaeology experts have been kept off the public record, with officers stating they are only provided “upon request”. The Ruislip Residents’ Association has submitted a formal report to the […]
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Silence from the Civic Centre: A Child Receives CPR at the Lido
This past week brought a terrifying escalation to Ruislip Lido – one that local residents have spent years warning was inevitable. Over a 24-hour window spanning Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May, Reservoir Road was completely paralysed on two consecutive days by two different massive emergency responses. While the community waits in agonising suspense […]
Lidl Prepares a New Planning Bid for The Orchard Supermarket: The RRA Awaits the Facts Before Judging
Almost exactly a year after the London Borough of Hillingdon Planning Committee unanimously refused Lidl’s application to demolish The Orchard and build a supermarket, the retailer is back for another attempt. Lidl’s new public relations representatives contacted the Ruislip Residents’ Association this afternoon to announce that a revised scheme is being prepared. They have requested […]
“An Active Public Safety Hazard”: Open Letter to Hillingdon Council Over Lido Gridlock
We have received a copy of an open letter addressed to Steve Tuckwell (Leader of Hillingdon Council), Phillip Corthorne, John Riley and Peter Smallwood (Ruislip’s ward councillors) and Hillingdon Council’s Complaints department, and reproduce it in full, below: URGENT FORMAL COMPLAINT & SAFETY ESCALATION: Re – Dangerous Driving, Traffic Evasion, and Shift-Worker Sleep Deprivation […]
Fewer Eyes on the Money: Why Residents Should Challenge Hillingdon’s New Scrutiny System
At a time when Hillingdon is under serious financial pressure, the Council has slashed routine financial scrutiny. Here is why residents are fighting back. At the same Annual Council meeting where Hillingdon changed the rules on sealed contracts and debt write-offs, it also changed the way financial scrutiny is organised. This may turn out to […]
