Andrew Dismore

Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has slammed the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, who overturned Barnet Council’s decision to refuse a planning application to develop North London Business Park.

The application included 376 residential units in five blocks reaching eight storeys, the provision of a 5 Form Entry Secondary School; and an outline permission for a further 824 residential units in buildings ranging from two to nine storeys.

Mr Dismore said:

‘I joined local residents in objecting to this vast scheme because it is a huge overdevelopment of the site and a massive overdensification. These buildings are also huge and will tower over nearby residents. The local residents have been badly let down by the government, who seem to have little or no knowledge about how this scheme will impact on the local community.’

Brunswick Park Councillor Kathy Levine added:

‘It’s extremely disappointing that this development proposal has been approved especially as one of the reasons given is that Barnet have included this development in their plans to reach the Barnet housing target with no alternatives suggested.

‘Also the inquiry says all the high blocks are in the middle of the development but this is not the case – some homes in Brunswick Crescent and Haynes Close will be overlooked by blocks 9 stories high. This is disgraceful.’

ENDS

Notes:

• Andrew Dismore is the Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden
• Cllr Kathy Levine is a Labour Councillor for Brunswick Park ward in Barnet
• A copy of the inspectors report can be found here.