The London Borough of Hillingdon Planning Committee REFUSED Lidl’s planning application for a supermarket and carpark to replace The Orchard in Ruislip on the evening of 11 June 2025.
This follows extensive work from not just LB Hillingdon, but the meeting with Lidl that Ruislip Residents’ Association organised, with social media posts, hundreds of flyers through doors, letters, emails, the comlpetion of the Local Listing consultation (itself, with hundreds of flyers and emails), assisting over 600 residents to write letters of objection to Hillingdon’s Planning department, a petition organised by Hillingdon Conservatives, and letters of objection from the residents associations in Ruislip, Eastcote and Ickenham.
Last night’s Planning Committee meeting
At the committee, the decision was made swiftly following a planning officer’s brief outline of the proposal, details of their seven reasons for refusal (the reasons for refusal were all as we outlined in our post earlier this week – with the exception of the flooding: Lidl had revised their application in the very late stages to satisfy the planners’ concerns on that point), followed by presentations from each of the three Ruislip Ward councillors – Cllr Smallwood first, Cllr Corthorne (in his capacity as a ward councillor, and not as Mayor), followed by Cllr Riley. There was then a very short discussion, a vote, and a unanimous refusal.
Below are video clips of each section – if you’d like to watch ‘as live’ you can watch the whole meeting, including two other applications which followed, on LBH’s YouTube channel., where the original video is archived.
Officer’s Introduction
Cllr Smallwood’s speech
Cllr Corthorne’s speech
Cllr Riley’s speech
Discussion & Decision
Full meeting recording (including all other agenda items) on LBH’s YouTube channel.
What’s next?
Well, in theory, Lidl could appeal, or they could revise their application and return with a fresh one. Are they likely to? It seems hard to imagine how they could attend to all of the objections detailed by each of the residents, councillors, and planning department.
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Ready for the second season?!
Like all good dramas… Lidl is already back. On the morning of the planning committee meeting which refused the application for Lidl at The Orchard, a new application went live on the LBH planning website: Lidl’s long-awaited application at Hillingdon Circus (near Hillingdon tube station).
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