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1787/APP/2025/1849 Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 6 October 2026. The council has not issued its decision notice yet.

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwellinghouse, and erection of two storey building containing 5no. self-contained flats with associated landscaping, parking, cycle and bin storage (revisions 19.06.26) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2025
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Committee
6 Oct 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 479.

The consultation period closed on 9 Sept 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Hillingdon Planning Committee on 6 Oct 2026. Earlier deferred on 14 Jul 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

  • Officers advised approval because the revised scheme would provide four additional homes without unacceptable harm to design, amenity or highway safety.
  • A petition with 50 signatures and objections from seven households raised concerns about flats, parking, overdevelopment, privacy and landscaping.
  • The committee approved the application.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hillingdon's committee minutes of 6 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 5

Article 4 direction
Residential extensions. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Conservation area about 16 m away: Northwood Town Centre, Green Lane
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 16 m away: Northwood Town Centre, Green Lane, Northwood; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hillingdon
Received
7 Jul 2025
Validated
7 Jul 2025
Ward
NORTHWOOD 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026

Decision outlook

Day 479, past the statutory target. 73% of full applications in Hillingdon are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 479423 days past the 56-day target
37%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
1,425decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Hillingdon in the last twelve months, from validation. Hillingdon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jul 2025
Comments by
9 Sept 2026
Hillingdon
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#219 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hillingdon ranks #194 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hillingdon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #208 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #191 of 296
58%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #194 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #190 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
65%
Change of use approved
17 decided
1,680
Total decisions
255 refused in the year to March 2026