Waterside House OXFORD ROAD UXBRIDGE UB8 1HS Data via plota.co.uk

40050/APP/2026/222 Approved
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Details pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 13 (part i (a) only - Contamination) of prior approval reference 40050/APP/2025/1875, dated 10-10-2025, for 'Change of use from Commercial (Use Class E) to Residential (Use Class C3) to create 56 dwellings (Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jan 2026
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Validated
23 Feb 2026
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Approved
30 Mar 2026

Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 6

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 50 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Postcode
UB8 1HS
Received
26 Jan 2026
Validated
23 Feb 2026
Ward
UXBRIDGE 2022
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Mar 2026
Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 22 days faster than Hillingdon's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 55% of changes of use here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
55%approved
115decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Hillingdon in the last twelve months, from validation. Hillingdon decision record →

Historical activity at this location

9 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Construction of two additional storeys to provide 38 residential units (Application for P…
40050/APP/2025/2713
2025
Consultation from Hillingdon Borough Council on planning application 40050/APP/2025/2713…
PL/25/6518/ADJ
2025 Approved
Change of use from Commercial (Use Class E) to Residential (Use Class C3) to create 56 dw…
40050/APP/2025/1875
2025 Approved
Consultation from London Borough of Hillingdon on planning application 40050/APP/2025/187…
PL/25/3344/ADJ
2023 Approved
Details pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 7 ((i)(a)&(b) Contamination) in re…
40050/APP/2023/1432
2023 Approved
Details pursuant to the partial discharge of Condition 7 ((i)(a)&(b) Contamination) in re…
40050/APP/2023/1434
2023 Approved
Details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 7 (Bird Hazard Management Plan) of plannin…
40050/APP/2023/88
2019 Refused
Prior Approval for the change of use from office to dwellinghouses, together with ancilla…
40050/APP/2019/4055
2019 Refused
Prior Approval for the change of use from office to dwellinghouses, together with ancilla…
40050/APP/2019/4054
Hillingdon
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#219 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings