Holland and Holland Shooting School & Ashby Farm Ducks Hill Road Northwood HA6 1ST Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Demolition of existing site buildings (excluding the retained central timber-framed barn), removal of existing hardstanding including the menage, change of use of part of the land to a workshop use (Use Class E(g)(iii)), and redevelopment of previously developed land to provide a workshop building with associated parking, hard and soft landscaping, formation of a pond, regrading of land levels, improvements to the existing access, sustainable drainage measures, and on-site biodiversity net gain enhancements. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
18 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
14 Apr 2026
✓
Committee
15 Sept 2026
✓
Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hillingdon Planning Committee on 15 Sept 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the redevelopment would not cause substantial Green Belt harm and would address heritage, ecology, amenity and highway matters through conditions.
  • Members unanimously approved the application after discussing Green Belt openness, ecology, equestrian use, noise, waste and visual character.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public concerns, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hillingdon's committee minutes of 15 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 2

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
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 24 September 2026. 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.

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
HA6 1ST
Received
18 Mar 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
NORTHWOOD 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
16 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 155 days from validation, 96 days slower than Hillingdon's median of 59 for changes of use. Approved, as 55% of changes of use here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
55%approved
99decided 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
16 Apr 2026
Comments by
8 May 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