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.
21,771 approved · 6,036 refused · 1,076 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jun 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 DEXTER ROAD HAREFIELD
Received 7 Jan 2021948 UXBRIDGE ROAD HAYES UB4 0RL
Received 11 Jan 202344 ASH GROVE HAREFIELD
Received 12 Dec 2025359 FIELD END ROAD RUISLIP
Received 20 Apr 2026211 STATION ROAD HAYES
Received 11 Sept 202422 CHUDLEIGH WAY RUISLIP
Received 5 Nov 201911 HESA ROAD HAYES
Received 11 Sept 2020157 HIGH STREET HARLINGTON
Received 17 Dec 20204 BUSHEY ROAD HAYES
Received 24 Oct 202217 BRIAR WAY WEST DRAYTON
Received 23 Feb 202447 MISBOURNE ROAD HILLINGDON UB10 0HW
Received 15 Nov 202159 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD HAYES
Received 1 Oct 2019FORMER NESTLE FACTORY NESTLES AVENUE HAYES
Received 17 Dec 2018MINIATURE RAILWAY, RUISLIP LIDO RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Received 16 Jul 20251 PADCROFT ROAD YIEWSLEY
Received 13 May 2019Unit 366 STOCKLEY CLOSE WEST DRAYTON UB7 9BL
Received 9 Jun 2025183 TORCROSS ROAD RUISLIP HA4 0TG
Received 15 Jan 20214 THE COVERT NORTHWOOD
Received 2 May 201911 HARMONDSWORTH LANE HARMONDSWORTH
Received 13 Sept 20223 BEAUDESERT MEWS WEST DRAYTON
Received 12 Jun 2024MCDONALDS RESTAURANT, LOMBARDY RETAIL PK COLDHARBOUR LANE HAYES
Received 10 Jan 202518 KNOLL CRESCENT NORTHWOOD
Received 21 Jul 2021CALVER LODGE, 25 FRITHWOOD AVENUE NORTHWOOD
Received 3 Apr 202332 MIDCROFT RUISLIP
Received 5 Dec 2019Records 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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