Hayes Hawks BMX Track Lake Farm Country Park DAWLEY ROAD UB3 1EJ Data via plota.co.uk

23589/APP/2025/3164 Approved

Proposal

Erection of new floodlighting to the perimeter of the existing BMX Track. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Dec 2025
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Validated
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
14 Jul 2026

Approved on 14 Jul 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hillingdon Planning Committee on 14 Jul 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the floodlighting would enhance an established recreational facility without unacceptable planning harm.
  • No public objections were received, while the Contaminated Land Officer and Highway Authority raised no objection subject to requirements.
  • The committee unanimously approved the application in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site and history, officers’ assessment, consultation, committee vote and planning conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Hillingdon's committee minutes of 14 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 9

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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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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Air quality management area: Hillingdon AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 21 m away: Stockley Park: Business park Phases I and II, and country park and golf course
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Stockley Park Registered Park and Garden, about 21 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1491 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 24 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Postcode
UB3 1EJ
Received
15 Dec 2025
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
HAYES TOWN 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
14 Jul 2026
Agent
Paul Adams

How this decision compares

Decided in 112 days from validation, 40 days slower than Hillingdon's median of 72 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 88% of commercial and major works here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
37decided 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Mar 2026
Comments by
17 Apr 2026
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