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 […]
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Why is McDonald’s in Ruislip closed – what is happening?
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 […]
Barn Hotel in Ruislip has been leased by Ealing Council as emergency housing for another year
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 […]
Concerns over large extension proposals on Deane Croft Road
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 Decided within Ruislip CAs in June 2025
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
