Objectives and vision

Hillingdon growth plan

The council has created a growth plan, to shape the economy to benefit residents, businesses and the community. The growth plan is based around three principles: 

  • Innovate: Growing new sectors.
  • Connect: North of Hillingdon with the south and match skills with businesses.
  • Thrive: Support town centres, build housing, support healthy lifestyles and public spaces.

The growth plan focuses on four areas of opportunity: 

  • creative industries and technology
  • frontier innovation
  • the experience economy
  • enabling skills and infrastructure. 

This growth is then planned spatially with the following clusters: 

  • Hayes, Stockley Park and the Old Vinyl Factory as a creative cluster and frontier innovation
  • Uxbridge and Brunel as the WestTech Corridor
  • Heathrow Economic Activity Zone for modern logistics and supply chains
  • Ruislip, Northwood and Harefield as a unique city experience.

The Hillingdon growth plan also marks the first step in establishing a Heathrow economic