In a public question at this month’s full Council meeting, Cllr Eddie Lavery – Cabinet Member for Community & Environment, was asked:

“Please consider charging an entrance fee for visitors (to the Ruislip Lido) from outside the Borough of Hillingdon. The attached article means that the Ruislip Lido will be visited by thousands of visitors, free of charge to enjoy the beach etc. The sufferers of this will be Hillingdon residents paying Council tax. The visitors park all across the surrounding area causing problems for the residents. I have been a resident of Leaholme Way for 48 years and am an exHillingdon Council pensioner. I have made this request 2-3 times before. No joy.”

The attached article is from the Express website with the headline “Secret sandy beach just 30 minutes from central London” and
is shown in the agenda as an extract:

“There’s a sandy beach in London that many don’t know about. A beach in London might sound like a myth, but for those in the know, Ruislip Lido offers a surprising slice of coastal charm just 30 minutes from the heart of the capital. Nestled on the edge of Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve in Northwest London, Ruislip Lido is fast becoming a viral sensation after a TikTok video by user Callum Ryan revealed its sandy shoreline and 60-acre lake to a wider audience”

The resident asking the question was not present, so the Mayor read out the question on his behalf.

Cllr Lavery is not obliged to answer the question in public at the meeting if the resident asking the question is not present.

So he didn’t.

The resident will get a written copy of Cllr Lavery’s answer “in due course” and we expect to see a copy of it in the minutes of the meeting, once they are published.  At the time of writing this post – on Thursday afternoon, almost a week after the meeting, the minutes are not yet live… we’ll update this page as soon as we can with the answer, once it is available.

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