54 High Street Ruislip HA4 7AT Data via plota.co.uk

14226/APP/2025/3062 Approved

Proposal

Change of use of part ground and the first floor from a Financial and Professional Services (Use Class E (c)) to Residential. Erection of rear dormers, raising of the roof ridge on the rear section of the building and installation of 7no. roof lights and associated fenestration changes, private balconies, together with bike and bin storage to provide an additional floor of residential (Total 5 flats Use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Dec 2025
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Validated
23 Dec 2025
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 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 scheme would provide housing, preserve the conservation area and avoid unacceptable neighbour or highway impacts.
  • A petitioner raised concerns about scale, overlooking, noise, parking and storage, while the agent supported the amended scheme and its safeguards.
  • Members unanimously approved the officer recommendation, with the application approved as recommended.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officer assessment, objections, speakers, debate, vote and decision.

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

Site constraints 7

Ruislip Village conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
2 Article 4 directions
Residential extensions · Changes of use from commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Town centre: Ruislip
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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
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.

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Important details

Council
Hillingdon
Postcode
HA4 7AT
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
23 Dec 2025
Ward
RUISLIP 2022
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Agent
Henry Bell
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 248 days from validation, 185 days slower than Hillingdon's median of 63 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
1,425decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Hillingdon in the last twelve months, from validation. Hillingdon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Jan 2026
Comments by
30 Jan 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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.