The council's own plan for 51 flats on a Status Park car park offers £500,000 instead of affordable homes. It goes to committee on 14 October.
Hillingdon Council has applied to itself for permission to build 51 flats on a residents’ car park at Status Park, off the Bath Road near Heathrow. All 51 would be for sale on the open market. Instead of affordable homes, the scheme would pay £500,000 towards affordable housing elsewhere.
Council planning officers recommend approval. The application goes to the Planning Committee on Wednesday 14 October, one of seven schemes on the agenda. Officers recommend approving all seven.
Three carry residents’ petitions of objection. The largest, with 74 signatures, is against a children’s care home in Northwood.
The meeting starts at 7pm in Committee Room 5 at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge. The public can attend, and the council says it may be broadcast on its YouTube channel (agenda).
The council’s own scheme at Status Park
The site is Status Park on Nobel Drive, in Heathrow Villages ward, about five miles south-east of Uxbridge town centre. The applicant is the London Borough of Hillingdon. The officers’ report sets out what is proposed (report):
- a block of four and five storeys on an existing surface car park
- 18 one-bedroom, 20 two-bedroom and 13 three-bedroom flats
- parking for the three existing blocks, Vista Court, Atlantico House and Peninsula House, cut from 245 spaces to 146
- 11 spaces for the new block, five of them for Blue Badge holders
- new public open space and play space where the parking is reconfigured
That is a loss of 99 spaces, or 40%. The report says the 127 existing homes and the 51 new ones would share 0.82 spaces per home. The London Plan sets a maximum of 0.5 in this area.
On affordable housing, Hillingdon’s own Local Plan asks for at least 35% of homes on sites of 10 or more to be affordable, subject to viability. The report says the applicant “proposed that the development would provide 100% market housing”. The council’s independent viability consultant concluded that £500,000 in lieu was “the maximum reasonable which can be secured”. Early and late-stage reviews would be written into the legal agreement, so more could be due if the scheme proves more profitable.
The legal agreement would also secure:
- £60,504 for air quality
- £58,893 for health facilities in the borough
- £50,160 for Healthy Streets and active travel
- £28,088 for employment and training
- £11,198 for carbon offsetting
A similar scheme on the same land was refused in December 2023, on grounds including design, the effect on Vista Court residents and affordable housing. Three members of the public objected to this one. The site was readvertised on 22 September after the site plan changed, and comments close on 13 October. Officers say any late comments will be reported to members at the meeting.
Officers give “substantial weight” to the new homes because the council cannot show a five-year supply of housing land. Its latest position statement, of 1 April 2026, put the supply at 2.5 years.
Tavistock Works, Yiewsley: 31 flats, no affordable homes yet
On Tavistock Road, Linea UB7 Ltd wants to knock down an office building and put up a six-storey block of 31 flats: 17 one-bedroom, 10 two-bedroom and four three-bedroom (report).
It is two storeys lower than the scheme last approved here, with seven fewer flats. The council’s viability review found it “cannot currently support affordable housing or an upfront payment in lieu”. Reviews would capture a payment if that changes. The block would be largely car-free, with one accessible space and a car club space on Tavistock Road. The legal agreement includes £29,134 for carbon offsetting and £41,500 for open space.
There were 36 objections and a petition with 29 valid signatures. The concerns include density, daylight, privacy, traffic and parking.
The other schemes residents petitioned against
5 Kewferry Road, Northwood. A house would become a children’s care home for up to four young people aged 10 to 17. Officers propose conditions capping it at four children and four staff on site at once. The petition has 74 valid signatures and raises parking and the location, next to Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School. The council’s highways officer has no objection (report).
90 Long Lane, Ickenham. A house would be replaced by nine flats in the Ickenham Village Conservation Area. This is the third attempt. The committee refused similar schemes in April 2024 and May 2025. Two petitions object, with 53 and 23 valid signatures. Officers say the building is now narrower, shallower and smaller overall, and that eight extra homes outweigh the “less than substantial harm” to the conservation area (report).
15 Woodside Road, Northwood. A single-storey rear extension with a basement. The petition raised a protected eucalyptus in the garden and flood risk. The plans were changed to add rainwater harvesting at the council flood officer’s request. The report gives the petition as 42 valid signatures in one place and 21 in another (report).
Two schools
The Lodge, Harmondsworth Lane, West Drayton. Landon Education wants to turn the Grade II listed offices into a special school with 88 places for pupils aged 5 to 19. With its approved school next door at Aviation House, the campus would take up to 128 pupils and 96 staff (report).
Two council departments are not on board. The School Place Planning Manager does not support it, saying the council “does not currently require further independent special school places”. The Highway Authority maintains an objection on parking. Officers recommend approval anyway. They point to the applicant’s waiting list of more than 35 pupils and the value of letting children stay in one setting as they grow up.
Uxbridge College, Park Road. The college wants a temporary three-storey Portakabin for five years, for construction courses run with the Institute of Technology. Officers call the design “not representative of a high-quality development” and the case “finely balanced”, but recommend a temporary consent. A permanent replacement is expected from the college’s wider plan for the campus (report).
What it means for you
If you live near any of these sites, you can watch the decision on Wednesday. The agenda says visitors must bring proof of identity and will be searched on arrival. The clerk is Anisha Teji in Democratic Services, on 01895 277655. The full plans are in the plans booklet, and each application can be found by its reference on the council’s planning register.
Residents at Vista Court, Atlantico House and Peninsula House should look at the parking plan in particular. Comments on the readvertised Status Park application close on Tuesday 13 October.
We will report the decisions once the council publishes its decision sheet. Our Uxbridge planning news page tracks the bigger schemes across the borough.
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