| The Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing & Growth has considered the responses to the formal consultation for the proposed introduction of parking charges within The Beck Theatre Car Park, Hayes and has made the following decision: DECISION That the Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing & Growth: Considered the objections received to the proposed parking charges for The Beck Theatre Car Park, Hayes; and Decided to introduce the parking charges as proposed. REASONS FOR DECISION The Beck Theatre offers a diverse programme including concerts, drama, comedy, dance, and children’s events. A new 15-year lease with Parkwood Leisure, with an option to extend for 10 more years, aims to preserve the theatre’s cultural identity, ensure financial sustainability without public subsidy, and boost community engagement. As part of the agreement, parking charges will be introduced at the theatre’s car park to align with other council-operated sites, helping offset operational costs. These proposals were agreed by Cabinet in May and became the subject of formal statutory consultation. ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED The Cabinet Member could have determined not to introduce the parking charges. The Council will now complete the final part of the legal order making process to implement parking charges within this car park. We will notify you as soon as we know when these charges will be effective these will be a maximum parking rate of £2.00 for four hours . Hillingdon residents are proposed to receive a 10% discount on the cost of parking by using the Hillingdon First Card. payment will be by the paybyphone app only |
Category Archives: Environment
HS2 hiccup – update
| FROM HS2 We informed you last week that we were halting works across the London tunnels sections of the route following a serious near miss incident at our site at Green Park Way. We have now begun a safe restart across some of these worksites following a comprehensive review of safety procedures and leadership. From Monday, 20 October, we will safely restart: Utilities work in South Hampstead area in Camden; The delivery of tunnel pre-cast concrete segments to the Willesden Euro Terminal in Ealing; and Earthworks in the West Ruislip area in Hillingdon. Additionally, a railway possession led by Network Rail will be carried out in the Old Oak Common area over the weekend to facilitate preparatory works. Additional measures are being implemented by our contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture, to ensure the safety of the workforce. More sites will restart in due course as we continue to implement additional safety measures which are considered necessary following the review. We will not compromise on safety and sites will only restart once we are satisfied that all appropriate measures are in place to protect the workforce. We will continue to keep you updated on further safe restarts in your area. |
HS2 hiccup
information update from HS2
Safety is our number one priority at Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS) and across HS2. I’m writing to let you know that last week a serious incident occurred at our site at Green Park Way in Ealing. As a result, works are being safely halted across the London tunnels section of the route, including sites in Hillingdon. While no workers were physically harmed, SCS is undertaking a comprehensive review of safety procedures and leadership on their sites before a safe restart can take place.
Works will be brought to a safe stop and will remain on hold until we and HS2 are satisfied that all appropriate measures are in place to protect the workforce. We anticipate the review may take a number of weeks depending on the area and the type of work involved. We will continue to keep local communities updated
Footpaths near BRS: Have your say
PUBLIC FOOTPATHS U45, U46 AND U47 ADJACENT TO BREAKSPEAR ROAD SOUTH HAREFIELD
Diversion and stopping up of public footpaths U45, U46 and U47 (Public Footpaths Diversion and Stopping Up Order 2025).
79109/APP/2024/2760
The Public Consultation is open for comments until 29/10/25
https://planning.hillingdon.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/viewDocument?file=dv_pl_files%5C79109_APP_2024_2760%5C1MC04-SCJ_SDH-LS-DGA-SS05_SL07-531411_C02.pdf&module=pl
HS2 update
· Postponed Breakspear Road South Road Closure – Fri 03/10 at 8pm until Sun 05/10 at 8pm (likely to be rescheduled to Fri 31/10 at 8pm to Sun 02/11 at 8pm – tbc)
Please note that these works have now been POSTPONED due to nesting birds found on the Conveyor Bridge Structure that cannot be removed as there are unhatched eggs. This means that both the original dates of 03/10 to 05/10 & the contingency dates of 17/10 to 19/10 cannot be achieved. HS2/SCS are looking at rescheduling these works and it is likely that the weekend of Fri 31/10 at 8pm to Sun 02/11 at 8pm will be the agreed date (with a further contingency date to be added). I will update you further next week on this matter.
New HS2 Planning Updates:
The following Planning Applications are active and relate to HS2 works in Hillingdon. The aim going forward will be to provide concise information about active Planning Applications within this section which will be updated weekly.
U81 – Stopping Up
- Application to permanently Stop-Up (close) the U81 Public Right of Way is currently on hold with LBH Planning Team – ref: 75317/APP/2024/2074
- Following public consultation there is strong opposition to the permanent Stopping-Up of the U81
- Talks ongoing between HS2, DfT & LBH to look at any alternative routes or designs that might be feasible instead of proposed design that is deemed unsafe by LBH & Met Police
- Once these talks have been completed and next steps are confirmed these will be communicated to residents
Schedule 17 – Ickenham Access Road
- Request for approval under Schedule 17 to the High-Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 for works relating to the shared Ickenham Access Road comprising of safety bollards, earthworks and a timber boom gate
- LBH Planning Team – ref: 77816/APP/2025/2057
- Decision due 23/09/25 (expected to be completed around 26/09)
LBH Waste and Recycling newsletter
The council has sent a newsletter to subscribers. An image of all the pertinent content, without hyperlinks (which would have exposed my source), is here
LBH recycling advice
| FROM LBH: News Release 23 September 2025 Rescue your recycling this Recycle Week To mark Recycle Week 2025 (22 to 28 September), Hillingdon Council is encouraging residents to carefully check what they’re putting out for collection and discover how to reduce household waste at a recycling-themed event. This year’s Recycle Week theme, ‘Rescue Me! Recycle!’ encourages people to recycle all they can by highlighting items regularly thrown away in general waste that can be recycled. While most households in Hillingdon sort their recycle well, items that the council can’t recycle can sometimes still be found in clear, dry, mixed recycling sacks by collection crews. To help residents eliminate those, the council’s ‘Top of the Contaminants’ campaign highlights how items, like food and clothing, can be recycled through other services it offers. To make it easier for residents to recycle household items, the council offers weekly rubbish and recycling collections, garden and food waste recycling, small electrical bins in libraries and doorstep textiles collections in partnership with the textiles charity, Traid. Harefield Civic Amenity Site also has dedicated bins for vapes and coffee pods. By taking two seconds to carefully check what’s going into their clear sacks, residents can play their part and help ensure that what goes to the processing plant is of high quality. Hands-on guidance for repairing clothes and small electrical items will be available to visitors to the council’s free Repair and Reuse Day at Botwell Green Leisure Centre in Hayes, on Saturday 27 September, from 11am to 2pm. The council’s recycling team is hosting a Recycling Roadshow at the event where you can get useful hints, tips and advice for household recycling and sign up for services, including automatic bag deliveries and food waste collections. By taking small steps to rescue recyclables and remove contaminants residents can make a big contribution to improving recycling in Hillingdon. Cllr Eddie Lavery, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, said: “It’s great that so many households in Hillingdon already do their best to sort and separate what they can. While for some items, like sanitary products, going in the waste bin is the only option, for most other items from small electricals to coffee pods and batteries, the council offers a recycling solution. “Recycle Week’s campaign encourages not throwing away recyclable items. By also removing ‘top contaminants’ and properly disposing of non-recyclables, we can ensure we are collecting high quality recycling and reducing waste, which is better for the planet.” Find out what you can and can’t recycle in Hillingdon at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/rubbishandrecycling. Yes please Dry mixed recycling In Hillingdon, you can recycle paper, cardboard, glass and plastics every week for free – and it all goes in the same clear (dry mixed) recycling bag. Watch our ‘That’s not my recycling’ video, which encourages children to ask grown-ups to check they’re only putting items we can recycle in to their clear bags. It can also be used by schools and families to talk about recycling at school and home. We’ve also created a ‘Top of the Pops’ style chart countdown, exposing the top 5 contaminating items most commonly found in residents’ dry mixed recycling bags. What can I recycle in my dry mixed recycling bags? Important: Please ensure all items/containers are clean, dry and empty. Aerosol cans (do not pierce or squash) Aluminium foil (clean) Books Butter and margarine tubs Cardboard Cartons Catalogues Directories Drinks cans Envelopes Food cans Foil trays and containers Glass bottles and jars (lids can be added to your recycling bag separately) Junk mall Magazines Newspapers Paper Plastic trays Plastic bottles (including lids) Shredded paper Tetra packs (cartons with a waxed finish) Wrapping paper (not the foil type) Yellow Pages Yoghurt pots No thanks Asthma pumps Batteries Bubble wrap Clinical waste Crisp packets Disposable nappies Disposable takeaway cups Flower pots Flowers and flower packaging Food waste Hard plastics Hot food containers Light bulbs Packaging tape Pet food packaging Plastic toys Polystyrene Prescription bottles Sanitary products Shopping bags Textiles Wood |
Conveyor removal = BRS closure
from HS2
From 8pm on Friday 3 October to 8pm on Sunday 5 October 2025, we will remove the conveyor bridge over Breakspear Road South, located between the Chiltern Railway bridge and the HS2 Breakspear Road South bridge.
These works will be carried out 24/7 over a whole weekend which will require a full road closure on a section of Breakspear Road South.
We will dismantle the conveyor bridge in sections using an excavator before lifting them out with a crane and transporting the sections off site. These works will be carried out 24/7 over a whole weekend.
Please note, these works can only be carried out under rail possession, therefore, to ensure completion we have a contingency date in place from 8pm Friday 17 October to 8pm Sunday 19 October.
Travel issues this weekend
| Central Line: Severe delays due to train cancellations. Tickets being accepted on London Buses, Liberty Line , Elizabeth Line , Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway and Greater Anglia replan your journey METROPOLITAN LINE: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September, no service between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge. There will also be no PICCADILLY LINE service between Acton Town and Rayners Lane. Replacement bus service ML1 operates between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge via West Harrow (Treve Avenue), South Harrow, Rayners Lane, Eastcote, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, West Ruislip (for Central line and Chiltern Railways), Ickenham and Hillingdon PICCADILLY LINE: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September, no service between Acton Town and Uxbridge. There will also be no METROPOLITAN LINE service between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge. Replacement buses operate. Replacement buses operate:Service ML1: Harrow-on-the-Hill – West Harrow (Treve Avenue) – South Harrow – Rayners Lane – Eastcote – Ruislip Manor – Ruislip – West Ruislip (for Central line and Chiltern Railways) – Ickenham – Hillingdon – Uxbridge;Service PL4: Acton Town – Ealing Common – North Ealing – Hanger Lane (for Central line and Park Royal) – Alperton – Sudbury Town (Whitton Avenue East) – Sudbury Hill – South Harrow – Rayners Lane; |
New Years Green Lane closure
| HS2 Works Notification: Overnight road closure on Newyears Green Lane – 28 to 29 September 2025 From 9pm on Sunday 28 September to 5am on Monday 29 September, we will be carrying out overnight surveys on Newyears Green Lane, at the junction with Breakspear Road South. To allow the surveys to be carried out safely, a section of Newyears Green Lane near the junction with Breakspear Road will be closed during the works. Diversion route will be sign posted. |
Ickenham Residents' Association 
