The developer has now submitted a completely redesigned scheme for the Barn Hotel planning application. This includes a new masterplan, new building layouts, revised heights, altered roof forms, and a different approach to the setting of the listed barns. Although the Council stated they were waiting to validate the amended Listed Building Consent plans, these […]
Why are expert heritage warnings for St Martins Approach missing from the Hillingdon planning portal? The RRA has obtained the reports the Council didn’t upload. Experts want digs BEFORE decisions are made. The Ruislip Residents’ Association has obtained two important expert reports relating to the planning application at St Martins Approach (49461/APP/2025/3009): Historic England’s consultation response (released […]
When Hillingdon Council introduced its garden waste charge, residents were told it would help save money and protect services. The Council approved a £70 subscription charge for the 2025/26 financial year, aiming to contribute £2.5 million towards the Council’s budget savings. Following the introduction of the charge, we asked the Council for waste tonnage data, […]
Expected by Cabinet, restricted by contract: how the Cowley Meeting Hall lease raises questions about an £18,000-a-year arrangement. Hillingdon Council’s own records appear to show a simple but serious contradiction at the heart of the Cowley Meeting Hall lease. In March 2022, Cabinet approved a heavily discounted lease for the Hillingdon Foster Carers Association, with […]
Our Community became more water aware after the flooding of June 23rd 2016. We have seen Natural Flood Management installed in Park Wood SSSI as part of the DEFRA funded Pilot Study (2018-21), and some 80 Ruislip residential properties benefitting from the property level protection, both adjacent to the River Pinn, (Frequently Flooded Communities fund), […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
