Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to the Environment Agency demanding that the troubled Donoghue waste management site in Cricklewood is prevented from crushing concrete. Residents in the area complain of excessive noise, dust, pollution, traffic and congestion caused by the operation of a concrete crushing machine onsite. At a recent meeting between residents, […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has welcomed news that a new Post Office at 73 New Oxford Street is to be opened, and will be open from 00:01 to 23:59 Monday to Sunday. The service will be a local-style branch with a low-screened, open-plan Post Office service point carefully integrated into the retail counter. Customers […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said that Barnet Council’s preparation for snow this weekend was inadequate. Mr Dismore said: ‘In have received reports from many parts of the borough complaining that even major roads have not been gritted, from High Barnet and East Barnet to East Finchley, Cricklewood and Colindale. There are abandoned cars and […]
Read moreThe Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a letter to Barnet Council outlining his concerns about a scheme to turn Barnet House in Whetstone into 229 flats. The Mayor’s stage 1 determination states that the application does not comply with the London Plan because only 10% of the units would be affordable. The Mayor’s report states that: “Given the […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore visited the High Street in High Barnet this week in an effort to drum up support for local businesses in the run up to small business Saturday on 2nd December. Mr Dismore said: ‘I wrote to Barnet Council urging more effort to promote Small Business Saturday. There is more and […]
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