Panorama Apartments, 2 Harefield Road Uxbridge UB8 1GW Data via plota.co.uk

12156/APP/2026/2119 Undecided

Proposal

Conversion of 6 storage rooms into 6 residential flats (5 studios and 1x1 bed) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
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Validated
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 2 Nov 2026 and 12 Nov 2026, from Hillingdon's recent changes of use. The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 8

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Town centre: Uxbridge
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Conservation area about 34 m away: Old Uxbridge / Windsor Street; Heritage at risk about 35 m away: Old Uxbridge/ Windsor Street, Uxbridge; 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. 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 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
UB8 1GW
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
UXBRIDGE 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Nov 2026
Agent
Nikita Walia Chevron House

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Hillingdon usually decides changes of use by day 59.

Day 2831 days to the predicted decision (day 59)
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
11 Sept 2026
Comments by
2 Oct 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