I have become increasingly concerned about the increasing number of applications for tall buildings in the constituency, including the decision of the Secretary of State to overrule Camden Council and permit the 100 Avenue Road block, the application for a dominating tower in Edgware, and the plans for Brent Cross/ Cricklewood, as well as the towers in West Hendon. I […]
Read moreThe Regeneration Committee held hearings into residents’ consultation and involvement in major estate schemes. This was an opportunity to expose the shortcomings of Barnet Council especially concerning West Hendon and Brent Cross, contrasted with the inclusive and genuine consultation of Camden in the Bacton Low Rise development which I recently visited with Assembly Housing Chair, Tom Copley. To see […]
Read moreCrossrail 1 is progressing well, and I had the opportunity to visit the very impressive work at Paddington station, with Assembly colleagues Val Shawcross and Tom Copley: TfL have announced their proposals for consultation on Cycle Superhighway Route CS11 between Swiss Cottage and the West End. I am submitting a number of detailed questions to TfL about it, and am […]
Read moreAt his ‘roadshow’ in Barnet last month, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe confirmed what we all knew: that crime is officially rising in Barnet, year on year: see his PowerPoint slide: See also my letter about this, with detailed numbers. This may be to do with the continuing fall in police numbers, where locally and London wide the […]
Read moreBarnet businesses have found themselves “turfed out” of office buildings due to Conservative government changes to planning regulations, Local London Assembly Member Andrew Dismore AM, has found. New analysis by Mr Dismore revealed that Barnet is set to lose 69,195 square metres of office space, the equivalent of over 9 Wembley Stadium football pitches. This is a result […]
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