Brook House 54a Cowley Mill Road Uxbridge UB8 2FX Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Construction of two additional storeys to existing two-storey office building, with erection of a three-storey front extension, associated external alterations to the existing building (including replacement of the existing metal cladding facade with new brickworks and glazed facade, installation of a front entrance canopy), and reconfiguration of the existing car park. (AMENDED DESCRIPTION) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 88.

The consultation period closed on 5 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 10

4 Article 4 directions
Changes of use from commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses · Construction of new dwellinghouses in employment areas · Residential extensions · Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Strategic industrial land
Reserved for industry and logistics.
The London Plan protects strategic industrial locations from other uses; release needs a plan-led process.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 60 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Green belt about 52 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, 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.

Building

Floor area1,836 m² (19,763 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 38)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Hillingdon
Postcode
UB8 2FX
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
UXBRIDGE 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 88, past the statutory target. 67% of commercial and major works in Hillingdon are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 8832 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
15 Jul 2026
Comments by
5 Aug 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.