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.
19,366 approved · 5,095 refused · 1,000 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2019 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 NEWCROFT CLOSE HILLINGDON
Received 24 Jan 202517A HIGHFIELD CRESCENT NORTHWOOD HA6 1EZ
Received 28 Apr 2021FORMER NESTLE FACTORY NESTLES AVENUE HAYES
Received 19 Dec 2025188 BURY STREET RUISLIP
Received 6 Apr 20215 CRANBOURNE ROAD NORTHWOOD
Received 2 Nov 202218A HIGH STREET NORTHWOOD
Received 13 Mar 202648 MOUNT ROAD HAYES
Received 3 Feb 202218 ST EDMUNDS AVENUE RUISLIP
Received 20 Nov 2020HAYES PARK WEST HAYES END ROAD HAYES
Received 7 Nov 2025MEADOW HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL LANE HILLINGDON
Received 7 Jul 2023166 HIGH STREET YIEWSLEY
Received 9 Sept 202149 GLEDWOOD AVENUE HAYES
Received 28 Jan 2026224 SWAKELEYS ROAD ICKENHAM UB10 8AX
Received 28 May 20245 PHELPS WAY HAYES MIDDLESEX
Received 13 Sept 2021THE GRAYS HIGH STREET HARLINGTON UB3 5DL
Received 31 Mar 2021102 HARTLAND DRIVE RUISLIP
Received 26 Feb 2020HAYES FIRE STATION (65) SHEPISTON LANE HAYES
Received 14 Jul 202213 ATTLEE ROAD HAYES UB4 9JB
Received 27 Aug 202017 LOTHIAN AVENUE HAYES MIDDX UB4 OEG
Received 28 Mar 2023WOODFORDE COURT ST PETERS WAY HARLINGTON
Received 14 Sept 202031 WARLEY ROAD HAYES MIDDLESEX UB4 OPZ
Received 12 Feb 202031 HALFORD ROAD ICKENHAM
Received 18 Dec 2020114 COPSE WOOD WAY NORTHWOOD
Received 16 Feb 2021WEST DRAYTON COMMUNITY CENTRE PORTERS WAY WEST DRAYTON
Received 23 Apr 2020Records 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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