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Hillingdon

In the last 12 months, 88.9% of householder applications were approved in Hillingdon (180 decided). A typical householder decision takes about nine weeks (median 63 days).

Full planning applications: 56.8% approved (37 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-14–2026-07-03): 83.9% of 1,815 decisions approved.

2,357Total applications
1,522Approved
293Refused
68Withdrawn
455Pending
83.9%Approval rate (all types)
Check a property in Hillingdon
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 686 604 82
88.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 291 275 16
94.5%
Discharge of Conditions 195 181 14
92.8%
Full Planning Application 131 89 42
67.9%
Householder (Prior Approval) 99 92 7
92.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 78 56 22
71.8%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 62 50 12
80.6%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 45 38 7
84.4%
Change of Use 44 26 18
59.1%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 39 28 11
71.8%
Advertisement Consent 37 35 2
94.6%
Dismissed 32 0 32
0.0%
Allowed 22 0 22
0.0%
Listed Building Consent 18 17 1
94.4%
Uncategorised 13 13 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 7 7 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 5 5 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 4 2 2
50.0%
Telecommunications 3 2 1
66.7%
Reserved Matters 2 2 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 1 0 1
0.0%
Appeal 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 123 98
79.7%
2023-Q4 138 117
84.8%
2024-Q1 156 138
88.5%
2024-Q2 131 108
82.4%
2024-Q3 131 115
87.8%
2024-Q4 162 133
82.1%
2025-Q1 147 126
85.7%
2025-Q2 160 139
86.9%
2025-Q3 138 112
81.2%
2025-Q4 145 125
86.2%
2026-Q1 139 116
83.5%
2026-Q2 54 46
85.2%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
ICK/HAM & S HF/D 22 153 131 22
85.6%
RUISLIP 2022 131 109 22
83.2%
PINKWELL 2022 116 101 15
87.1%
EASTCOTE 2022 112 105 7
93.8%
COLHAM & COWLEY 111 90 21
81.1%
UXBRIDGE 2022 106 95 11
89.6%
WOOD END 2022 100 82 18
82.0%
BELMORE 2022 99 81 18
81.8%
HILLINGDON EAST 2022 95 75 20
78.9%
NORTHWOOD 2022 94 79 15
84.0%
CHARVILLE 2022 92 71 21
77.2%
NORTHWOOD HILLS 2022 81 66 15
81.5%
Planning guides

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