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5319/APP/2025/3066 Approved

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to residential care home (Use Class C2) together with associated parking, bin and cycle storage. (Amended Plans received) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Dec 2025
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hillingdon Planning Committee on 14 Oct 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the small care home would meet an identified need without unacceptable effects on neighbours or highways.
  • The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hillingdon's committee minutes of 14 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Local nature reserve about 437 m away: Batchworth Heath; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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
5 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Ward
NORTHWOOD 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
16 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 315 days from validation, 252 days slower than Hillingdon's median of 63 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

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
23 Dec 2025
Comments by
12 Oct 2026
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