An SCS Community Engagement Drop-in event at Ickenham Village Hall is coming up:
- Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
- Time: 4pm – 7pm
- Location: Ickenham Village Hall, Ickenham, UB10 8DG
Category Archives: Issues
Air Quality action plan
| FROM LBH We would just like to advise you of the current consultation being run by Hillingdon Councilmembers. Please click on the link below https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/consultations-surveys/air-quality-action-plan-2026-2030-consultation Air quality action plan 2026 to 2030 consultation | Hillingdon Council Please do get involved and have your say. Thank you for your continued support. |
HS2 Information hub at West Ruislip
from HS2
rom 28 September 2026 we’ll be changing our opening hours for the Information Hub at West Ruislip Portal. We’ll tell you each month what days we are open for visitors.
From 28 September to 30 October 2026 we’ll be open:
• 28 September 2pm to 4pm
• 5 October 2pm to 4pm
• 12 October 2pm to 4pm
• 19 October 2pm to 4pm
• 26 October 2pm to 4pm You can find out more about what is happening in your area using the In Your Area pages of the HS2 website
Parking charge changes
| Our grateful thanks to Ruislip residents for flagging this Hillingdon First free parking to go phone-only, fewer ticket machines, and Sunday parking charges In July, Hillingdon’s Director of Community Safety & Enforcement, Richard Webb, told the Residents’ Services Select Committee that Pay & Display machines were under review and that proposals would need to be developed. Those proposals have now been published. A report dated 22 September 2026 to the Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services, Cllr Wayne Bridges, asks him to approve a public consultation on five changes to parking across the borough – and ticket machines are only one of them. Cllr Eddie Lavery, Cabinet Member for Finance, is also consulted. Cllr Bridges can sign off the decision from Wednesday 30th September, and Cabinet will make the final decision in December once the consultation has finished. The five proposals are: the resident discount, including the free half hour for Hillingdon First Card holders, to be available through Pay by Phone only, and no longer at ticket machines every driver to give their registration number when paying for parking, at machines as well as by phone a digital replacement for the Hillingdon First Card for resident parking rates fewer Pay & Display machines, with a principle for deciding which ones go Sunday charges at council car parks in Hayes town centre that are currently free on Sundays further info can be found on their website https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-charge-changes/ |
Three New Years Green Lane closures start tomorrow
| 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. |
Sweetcroft Lane closure
Hillingdon Council gives notice that to enable renewal works to be carried out by Affinity Water and to prevent the likelihood of danger to the public it made this Order, which will temporarily close Sweetcroft Lane, Uxbridge Outside 86.
2. No Diversion route will be in place.
Nothing in the Order shall apply to prevent vehicular access to premises on or adjacent to the prohibited length of road insofar as access is reasonably practicable without interference with the said works.
3. The temporary restriction will be in operation between 08:00hrs on the 12th October 2026 to 18:00hrs, on the 13th October 2026 and to such extent as indicated by traffic signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002. Road users should assume that the closure has been put into effect only if traffic signs have been erected stating that the road
has been closed and the diversion route, if necessary is in place.
4. The Order, which is proposed will come into operation on 12th October 2026, will continue in force for eighteen months or until work to which it relates is completed. However, it is anticipated that the works will be completed within 2
Days.
Dated this 16 day of September 2026
Master Brewer development update
For those of you who did not make it yesterday’s drop in and thanks to Doug Nielsen for his post on the village Facebook
more info
https://masterbrewer.communityuk.site/
proposal
2 x 13 storey blocks
2 x 11 storey blocks
3 x 9 storey blocks
currently 1 x 6 storey block but they hope for 3 more all on edges of the site
2 new pedestrian crossings 1 in freezeland way and 1 outside Hillingdon station which will impact traffic
Rest assured that we along with our other local RAs will be working to object to this
Environment Agency and Hillingdon Council Flood Page
| Today sees the launch of the Environment Agency and Hillingdon Council Flood Page. The page contains practical advice for residents on checking their flood risk, signing up to alerts and warnings along with how to respond and recover from flooding. A tool is provided that allows residents to share their flood experiences as well as a survey to let us know how we are doing and what we can improve on. More info: https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/be-flood-prepared-hillingdon |
Piccadilly closures from today
| Londoners face three days of major Tube disruption as a large section of the Piccadilly line shuts. The closure, which began on Tuesday, August 18, is affecting the route between Cockfosters and Uxbridge as Transport for London (TfL) works on upgrading the line for a new fleet of trains. While this section remains closed until Thursday, August 20, trains are still running between Acton Town and Heathrow. TfL is advising passengers heading towards Uxbridge to use the Metropolitan line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. District line services between South Kensington and Ealing Common are also advised for affected travellers. To help ease the disruption, three replacement bus services have been put in place. Replacement buses operate: Service PL4: Acton Town – Ealing Common – North Ealing – Hanger Lane (for Central line and Park Royal) – Alperton (Bridgewater Road) – Sudbury Town (Whitton Avenue East) – Sudbury Hill – South Harrow – Rayners Lane; Service PL5: Finchley Central (for Northern line) – Arnos Grove – Southgate – Oakwood – Cockfosters; Service PL6: Finsbury Park – Manor House – Turnpike Lane – Wood Green – Bounds Green – New Southgate (National Rail) – Arnos Grove; |
Upcoming piling works near West Ruislip
| FROM HS2 What we are doing From 1 September to 1 October 2026 at our West Ruislip Portal site, we will be installing sheet piles parallel to the Chiltern Line to prepare the ground for the excavation of shafts, as part of the Ickenham Stream Diversion works. The installation works will be carried out during rail possession hours (1am to 5am Mondays to Fridays and 1pm to 8am Sundays), when no trains are running. In addition, we will be doing preparatory works (from 6pm to 8am Mondays to Sundays) either side of the rail possession hours. HS2 is undergoing a comprehensive reset to ensure it can be built efficiently and for the lowest reasonable cost. This work is being carried out in stages and will be completed in 2026. We will provide you with updates on the reset and what this means for our plans to build the railway in your area. more info https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AWN-Sheet-piling-at-West-Ruislip-Portal-site-1.9.26.pdf |
