157 Whitby Road Ruislip Data via plota.co.uk

40180/APP/2026/990 Approved

Proposal

Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to Restaurant (Use Class E) and Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) with installation of rear flue system Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
20 Apr 2026
✓
Validated
26 May 2026
✓
Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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
Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 0 (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Flood defence about 43 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood); Metropolitan Open Land about 38 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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, 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Hillingdon - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Hillingdon
Postcode
HA4 9DX
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
EASTCOTE 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
28 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 6 days slower 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
29 May 2026
Comments by
19 Jun 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