 Together with King 's College , the urban district council worked to establish plots of land for development around Ruislip and Ruislip Manor . A town planning competition was held , won by A & J Soutar from Wandsworth , who sought to create a symmetrical design spreading across Ruislip parish . Many of the woods and historic sites including Manor Farm were to be demolished and cleared as part of the plan , making way for a projected total of 7 @,@ 642 homes , enough for 35 @,@ 000 residents . Only St. Martin 's church would have been spared . An outline map was made public on 30 November 1910 with few objections recorded . A Local Board inquiry followed on 17 February 1911 which required negotiations with landowners to allow for a full planning scheme to be compiled . This was presented in February 1913 with an adaptation of the original Soutars plan , receiving approval from the Local Government Board in September 1914 . Three roads with residential housing , Manor Way , Windmill Way and Park Way were completed before the outbreak of the First World War when all construction work was halted . It did not resume until 1919 . 
