Miniature Railway, Ruislip Lido Reservoir Road Ruislip HA4 7TY Data via plota.co.uk

1117/APP/2025/1912 Withdrawn

Proposal

Erection of a single storey Permanent Way Rolling Stock Storage Building, single storey Control Building, new section of railway tracks, and all associated works including tree removal. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2025
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Withdrawn
28 Oct 2025
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Appeal dismissed
22 Apr 2026

Withdrawn on 28 Oct 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 12

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
National nature reserve about 47 m away: Ruislip Woods
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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.
SSSI about 47 m away: Ruislip Woods SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 47 m away: Lowland dry acid grassland; Open access land about 47 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; 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 14 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 7TY
Received
16 Jul 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Ward
RUISLIP 2022
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Sept 2025
Decision
Withdrawn (P)
Decision date
28 Oct 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 22 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002706 ↗
Agent
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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Jul 2025
Comments by
18 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Construction of a new passenger platform loading area at Willow Lawn Station, including p…
1117/APP/2021/839
2017 Approved
Demolition of existing Ruislip Railway Society workshop and provision of replacement work…
1117/APP/2017/2188
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Withdrawn
THE WATERS EDGE RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Installation of 3no. externally illuminated free standing signs, 1 no. non-illuminated fr…
1117/ADV/2024/34
2024 Withdrawn
The Waters Edge, RUISLIP LIDO RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Erection of 4no. wooden seating cabins with associated paving; erection of decked veranda…
1117/APP/2024/1461
2017 Approved
RUISLIP LIDO RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Details pursuant to conditions 12 (Flood warning and evacuation plan), 13 (trash screens)…
1117/APP/2017/2006
2016 Approved
THE WATERS EDGE RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Removal of existing adverts and installation of: One internally illuminated post sign; Th…
1117/ADV/2016/91
2016 Approved
RUISLIP LIDO RESERVOIR ROAD RUISLIP HA4 7TY
Proposed change of use of existing public convenience to kiosk (Use Class A1) with ancill…
1117/APP/2016/2759
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings