Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Hillingdon. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
16,040 approved · 3,750 refused · 857 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 2020 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
68 FAIREY AVENUE HAYES
Received 23 Feb 202469 COPSE WOOD WAY NORTHWOOD
Received 21 Oct 2022BIRCHWOOD HOUSE 15 GREEN LANE NORTHWOOD HA6 2UW
Received 30 Aug 2022279 SWAKELEYS ROAD ICKENHAM
Received 14 Feb 2023GLOBAL HOUSE, 424 BATH ROAD LONGFORD
Received 14 Jul 2022Junction House 4-10 COWLEY ROAD UXBRIDGE UB8 2XW
Received 21 Jul 202513 CAMBRIDGE DRIVE RUISLIP
Received 18 Mar 20227 HASTOE CLOSE HAYES
Received 26 Oct 202220 GATEHILL ROAD NORTHWOOD
Received 7 Sept 2022151 VARCOE GARDENS HAYES UB3 2FJ
Received 14 Oct 202142 CARFAX ROAD HAYES
Received 8 Jul 2024COMAG TAVISTOCK ROAD YIEWSLEY UB7 7QE
Received 27 Jul 2022Eastcote House Gardens, Grade 2 Listed Walls HIGH ROAD EASTCOTE HA5 2FE
Received 19 Oct 2022159 WINDSOR AVENUE HILLINGDON MIDDX UB10 9BA
Received 28 Jul 20212 LANCASTER WALK HAYES
Received 4 Mar 2021164 WEST END ROAD RUISLIP
Received 16 Feb 2021111 LINDEN AVENUE RUISLIP
Received 31 Jul 202523 FARMLANDS EASTCOTE HA5 2LW
Received 18 Jan 2023RUISLIP FIRE STATION BURY STREET RUISLIP
Received 4 Mar 202238 HALL DRIVE HAREFIELD UB9 6LA
Received 31 Jan 2025Oak View House 135 SWAKELEYS ROAD ICKENHAM UB10 8DL
Received 23 Jun 2025NORTHWOOD COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION MAXWELL ROAD NORTHWOOD HA6 2YE
Received 10 Mar 2022TUDOR LODGE HOTEL, 50 FIELD END ROAD EASTCOTE PINNER
Received 11 Mar 2024UNIT 1 HEATHROW INTERCHANGE BULLSBROOK ROAD HAYES UB4 0JR
Received 16 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Hillingdon, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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