Brownfield land in Hillingdon: 203 sites on the register
Part of development land in Greater London — 6,119 sites across 33 councils.
London Borough of Hillingdon has published 203 brownfield sites in Hillingdon on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 179.7 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Hillingdon register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrews Park, Hillingdon Road, Uxbridge, UB10 0RZ | 46.34 | — | permissioned |
| Land to the south of railway, including Nestle, Hayes | 12.20 | — | not yet |
| SA 5(a): Land South of the Railway, Hayes, Botwell | 11.89 | — | not yet |
| RAF West Ruislip, High Road, Ickenham, UB10 | 8.59 | — | permissioned |
| SA 29: Cape Boards Site, Iver Lane, Uxbridge South | 8.23 | — | not yet |
| The Old Vinyl Factory, Blyth Road, Hayes, UB3 1BW | 5.17 | — | permissioned |
| SA 37: Former Coal Depot, Tavistock Road, Yiewsley | 4.88 | — | not yet |
| Packet Boat Marina Packet Boat Lane UB8 2JJ | 3.75 | — | not yet |
Source: London Borough of Hillingdon brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 5 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Hillingdon states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Hillingdon register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Hillingdon, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Hillingdon
- Development land in Hillingdon
- How much brownfield land is there in Hillingdon?
- Where can I build houses in Hillingdon?
- Hillingdon land availability assessment
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