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9556/APP/2026/461 Approved

Proposal

Construction of a Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) with perimeter fencing, hardstanding areas, storage container, floodlights and an access footpath. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Feb 2026
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Committee
4 Jun 2026
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Approved
4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hillingdon Planning Committee on 4 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because sporting and community benefits outweighed limited impacts, subject to conditions.
  • Residents raised concerns about noise, lighting, traffic, drainage, residential amenity, wildlife and community use, while others supported improved sports facilities.
  • The committee voted to approve the application after discussing lighting, parking, noise, consultation and microplastic containment.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee discussion, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hillingdon's committee minutes of 4 Jun 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National nature reserve about 341 m away: Ruislip Woods; SSSI about 341 m away: Ruislip Woods SSSI; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
HA5 2NW
Received
23 Feb 2026
Validated
23 Feb 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
4 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 101 days from validation, 29 days slower than Hillingdon's median of 72 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 87% of commercial and major works here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
34decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Hillingdon in the last twelve months, from validation. Hillingdon decision record →

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