Archive | Planning

Ruislip CAB site plans: Six new homes and parking revisions proposed by Hillingdon Council

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 […]

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24/7 ‘Bingo Hall’ planning application at former Santander Bank on Ruislip High Street

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 […]

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The WH Smith name has gone from Ruislip High Street

The WHSmith name is disappearing from UK high streets, and Ruislip’s is no different.  The company has sold its entire high street division to focus on its more profitable travel business – so the shops in airports and main stations will remain, but earlier this year, the investment firm Modella Capital bought the 480-or so […]

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UPDATES on THE ORCHARD (23/09/2025)

  The site is still for sale Rapleys confirm that Whitbread are still advertising the site for sale. The Premier Inn in the meantime continues to stay open. Condition of the land and building ENF/371/25 The LBH Planning Enforcement Team were made aware of concerns in relation to the condition of the land in June […]

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We look forward to seeing you at our GM on
Wednesday 25th March 2026 at St. Paul's, Ruislip Manor