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Watering Ruislip’s Community Orchard with Hillingdon’s new Mayor, Philip Corthorne

Wednesday 21st of May saw the Mayor of Hillingdon, Cllr. Philip Corthorne, (the long serving councillor for the Ruislip ward), join with the Ruislip Residents’ Association, (RRA), to water the 20-tree Community Orchard planted on Ruislip Common to celebrate the centenary of the RRA The event is part of our Council’s campaign to encourage residents to water urban and street trees […]

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Hillingdon plan to begin charging for green waste collections from April

  At tonight’s London Borough of Hillingdon Cabinet meeting, it was announced that LBH plan to begin charging for green waste (garden recycling) collection.   Their hope is to bring in charges for garden recycling collection from the start of April this year, after first putting the proposal out to consultation.  We will publicise the consultation […]

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Flood Engagement Event – Winston Churchill Hall, 31 July 2024, 6-8pm

Flood Alleviation Schemes Engagement Event Time & date: 18:00-20:00, Wednesday 31st July 2024 Location: Winston Churchill Theatre, Pinn Way, Ruislip, HA4 7QL London Borough of Hillingdon Cllr Eddie Lavery – Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services (EL) Ian Thynne (IRT) Richard Weston (RW) Metis Consultants Tom Whitworth (TW) Zoe Bassindale (ZB) Downloadable documents Cannon Brook Project […]

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Work on the Cannon Brook – Thames 21

Over the next few weeks (February/March 2022), Thames 21 will be reprofiling the Cannon Brook allowing it to hold more water during heavy rainfall events. In addition they will add two backwater features that can improve the overall ecological benefits and landscape amenity of the restored section of the Brook. Backwater refuges have been shown […]

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