HILLINGDON UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - London Borough ...

higher order comparison goods may a longer journey be necessary. Corner shops and parades cater almost
entirely for the everyday needs of shoppers within a relatively small catchment area.
TABLE 8.1: LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON SHOPPING HIERARCHY:
DEFINITION OF CENTRES
Corner Shops
Isolated shops or pairs of shops (not necessarily at street corners) which primarily provide
essential local shop services for people living or working within a walking distance of up to 800m.
Parades
Groups of shops which provide at least three essential local shop uses and other retail and service
uses for people living or working within a walking distance of around 800m.
Local Centres
As well as providing local shops and services for people within walking distance, these centres
provide a full range and choice of essential shop uses and other local services for people who do
not live or work near a Town Centre. Accordingly, they are, in principle, appropriate locations for
supermarkets to serve people who would otherwise make longer trips to their nearest town centre
or to a large free-standing store outside the Borough.
Minor Town Centres
In addition to providing the same type of services as a Local Centre, these provide a range of
shops selling comparison and higher order goods which, in the interest of competition and
consumer choice, need to be sited together, to serve a population within, broadly, a 3 kilometre
radius.
Major Town Centres
As for Minor Town Centres, with additional comparison and higher order goods shops to serve, in
broad terms, three of the four main geographical divisions of the Borough, namely Ruislip &
Northwood, Yiewsley & West Drayton and Hayes & Harlington.
Strategic Town
Uxbridge Town Centre fulfils the role of a Major Town Centre for the Uxbridge area and in
addition seeks to provide the Borough and surrounding area with high order comparison goods
shops and other services which have to draw upon a larger catchment population for their viability.
TABLE 8.2: LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON SHOPPING HIERARCHY:
SCHEDULE OF CENTRES
PARADES
Ruislip/Northwood Area
Ruislip Gardens (West End Road/ New Pond Parade)
702-724 Field End Road, S Ruislip
439-490 Victoria Road, S Ruislip
1-24 Station Approach, S Ruislip
West Ruislip Station, Ickenham Road
Station Parade, Ickenham Rd, W Ruislip
Northwood High Street
Pinner Road, Northwood
Howletts Lane, Ruislip
Whitby Road, South Ruislip
Salisbury Road, Northwood
Eastcote Village
London Borough of Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan