| From Ickenham Residents. |
| PayByPhone-only free half hour and resident discounts, and fewer ticket machines. you may not be aware of this info courtesy of RRA Hillingdon’s parking consultation closes on Wednesday “Which parking consultation?!”, you might well ask: the Council has published 117 pages of legal notices, draft traffic orders and maps of yellow lines, and doesn’t ask a single question – and they haven’t tried very hard at all to let you know that it even exists. In September the Cabinet Member approved a consultation on five changes. https://hillingdondocs.uk/decisions/2026/q3/1805-parking-consultation.html Two of them, asking every driver for their number plate and removing ticket machines, aren’t mentioned anywhere in it. Council officers told us machine removal will be consulted on later. Two of Ruislip’s councillors told us it’s part of this consultation, and to mention the Lido in our responses. Even the people running it don’t agree on what it covers. v RRA response https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-consultation-answers/ The Council says it publicised the consultation with notices in two newspapers, notices at what it calls “relevant locations”, and one webpage. We can’t find it on the Council’s “Consultations and Surveys” page, on its news pages or on its social media. We haven’t seen a single councillor mention it publicly. The decision that started it all is dated 30 September. It appeared on the Council’s website on 22 October, three weeks later and only after we asked where it was. By then the deadline for councillors to call it in had passed. The documents themselves weren’t the latest versions. The Council told us on Friday afternoon that the corrected versions had only just been sent to its web team. STILL NOT DECIDED OR WRITTEN: • the rules for the new digital version of the Hillingdon First card for parking • how residents would prove they’re eligible, and what happens if you don’t have a smartphone • which ticket machines would be removed • what counts as a “nearby” shop • whether paying cash in a shop would get you the resident rate • what happens at Ruislip Lido • what would be done with your number plate details, and how any cameras would be used WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED: Paying at a ticket machine, even by card, would no longer get you the discounted resident rate or the free half hour. So we’re being consulted on a scheme whose rules haven’t been written, through a consultation that asks no questions and that most people don’t know exists. You can still have your say, and it takes a few minutes. The Ruislip Residents’ Association’s webpage explains it in plain English, lets you pick the points that matter to you, and sends your response to the Council in your own words: https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-consultation-respond/ The deadline is Wednesday 11 November. Please share this with anyone who uses a Hillingdon First card, especially anyone who doesn’t do apps. Article: PayByPhone-only free half hour and resident discounts, and fewer ticket machines: Hillingdon parking consultation closes on Wednesday https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-consultation-answers/ Form: Have your say on Hillingdon’s parking plans: respond to the consultation by Wednesday 11 November https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-consultation-respond/ https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/parking-consultation-respond/ |
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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/ |
New Hillingdon First card parking rules
| Yellow labels are appearing on car park ticket machines saying that Hillingdon First cards can only be used once per day. this applies to individual machines / car parks as per the rule below 30 minutes free tickets with a HillingdonFirst card Most of our pay and display machines offer 30 minutes free tickets with a HillingdonFirst card. You must purchase your ticket or get your 30 minutes free ticket with your HillingdonFirst card at the initial time of parking. You’re not allowed to get another free ticket or buy an additional ticket to extend your period of parking beyond the initial time. you can still use it in a different car park |
More on Harvil Road hiccup
From R Connors
I have received confirmation that there is an incident happening with a Thames Water Sewer on the Uxbridge Golf Course that is requiring Tankers to remove sewage via Harvil Road.
At present there are Emergency 2-Way Traffic Lights on Harvil Road to facilitate this, in place between Harvil Farm and HS2 Gate 1 (2 lots of works shown on One Network but LBH Streetworks tell me that contained within 1 set of Traffic Management):
Harvil Road hiccup
Our esteemed General Secretary reports “I’ve just been up to the tip and there is single file traffic with traffic lights in Harvil Road. It starts just beyond the Ickenham signs going north – I am unable to find any more details on LBH or TFL.”
New parking charges from April 1
| Published in today’s Gazette A short selection of those which will affect us most: Increased car parking charges from 6th April for Hillingdon First card holders On street parking first 30 mins still free Up to 60 mins is £1.10 will be £1.50 Up to 90 mins is £1.50 will be £2.40 Up to 2 hrs is £2.00 will be £3.30 Thereafter 80p per 20 mins to maximum stay Car parks Grainges and Cedars current fee of £1.40 for 2 hours will be £2.00 Long lane behind medical centre up to 1 hr increases from 0.80p to £1.30 Community Close up to 90 mins increases from £1.10 to £2.10 |
HS2/Align/SCS Christmas working hours
| Christmas Working Hours for HS2 Contractors Align & SCS HS2 Main Contractor Align, who have built the Colne Valley Viaduct in LBH, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours: All Align Sites will close at midday on Tuesday 23/12/25 and will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times HS2 Main Contractor SCS, who operate the Sites in Hillingdon from the East Side of Harvil Road towards London, have provided details of their Christmas 2025 Working Hours: All SCS Sites will close on Wednesday 24/12/25 and Sites will re-open on Monday 05/01/26 SCS Offices will reopen on Fri 02/01/26 Security & some daily maintenance activities will be in place at Sites during these times The HS2 Helpdesk is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year by: Freephone: 08081 434 434 | Minicom: 08081 456 472 | Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk |
HS2 event May 15
from HS2
We would like to invite you to a community drop in event.
• Date: Thursday 15 May 2025
• Time: 4pm to 7.30pm
• Venue: Ickenham Village Hall, 33 Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8DG
Our engagement team and technical specialists will be available to update you and answer your questions on the following areas:
• Construction of Headhouse at West Ruislip
• Update on Tunnelling progress
We will use drone footage of HS2 sites in the area to show how construction is progressing.
For further details please follow this link. https://www.hs2.org.uk/events/hs2-scs-community-event-ickenham-village-hall/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=bac77dec-f629-4c9c-9ed8-9a9554bb0000
HS2 tunnel demobilisation
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out in your area.
Tunnelling from West Ruislip to Greenford will be completed by March 2025, and works are underway to remove tunnelling support structures inside and outside the tunnels. The demobilisation and removal works will be carried out for the following:
• The conveyor structure
• The launch chamber entrance
• Rail siding
• Gantry cranes and segment yard
• Conveyor bridges
Estimated Start Date
03/03/2025
Estimated End Date
31/07/2025 more details https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FINAL-AWN-West-Ruislip-Portal-site-demob-works-update-Feb-2025.pdf
Latest HS2 updates
New HS2 Community Event – Tue 25/02 between 4pm to 7.30pm at Ruislip Rugby Club
There will be a joint Drop-In Event held by both Main Contractors in Hillingdon, SCS and Align, to be held on Tuesday 25/02/25 at Ruislip Rugby Club:
Date: Tuesday 25/02/25
The Event will be open to the public between 4pm to 7.30pm
Venue: Ruislip Rugby Club, West End Road, Ruislip, HA4 6DR
This is a Drop-In style Event so residents can come at anytime that suits them. There is Car Parking at the venue.
New Harvil Road – Affinity Water Connection – Footway and Bellmouth Closure from Wed 26/02 until Sun 09/03
There will be works to connect the Headhouse Fire Main Connection off Harvil Road to the Affinity Water Main which will mean a small section of the Footway and a Bellmouth access are closed between Wed 26/02 until Sun 09/03.
• Traffic Management = Footway & Bellmouth Closure, Narrow Lane – carriageway width maintained at 6.9 metres
• Works will be carried out during Core Working Hours but Traffic Management in place 24/7
• No traffic impacts to users of Harvil Road with 2-way traffic flow maintained at all times
