Barnet planning news
Barnet planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Golders Green Slots Centre Refused 7-0, Against Officers
Barnet councillors refused the Merkur Slots gaming centre at 867 Finchley Road 7 votes to 0, overturning officers' advice. The 130-room Hotel Unique scheme was approved.
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Planning
Finchley Golf Club padel plan: floodlit courts until 10pm
Finchley Golf Club wants two floodlit padel courts in its Frith Lane car park, open 7am to 10pm in summer. Comments close 5 November; the noise report inside.
Planning
Golders Green Hotel Unique: 130-Room Plan Approved 8-0
Barnet's Planning Committee approved a 114-room new hotel behind the Refectory pub on Finchley Road, plus 16 rooms in the existing building, by 8 votes to 0 on 14 October.
Planning
Golders Green Slots Plan: 30 Objections, Then Refused 7-0
Merkur Slots wanted a 7am to midnight gaming centre at 867 Finchley Road. Officers backed it despite 30 objections; councillors refused it 7 votes to 0 on 14 October.
Council
Barnet Council: £200m plan approved, Full Council on 20 Oct
Cabinet approved the £200m savings plan and a £3.5m drug treatment top-up on 12 October. Full Council then debates eight motions, including gambling harms.
Schools
Woodhouse College New Building Approved: £3m Study Block
Barnet has approved a two-storey study, canteen and music building at Woodhouse College, N12. The college says 1,500 students share 530 seats.
Schools
QE Barnet sports hall plan: 6 Fives courts, 10 classrooms
Queen Elizabeth's School has applied for a four-storey sports hall on Queens Road with community use, ten classrooms, six Eton Fives courts and cricket nets. Comments run to 5 November.
Housing
Grahame Park: 449 homes, 21-storey tower, comment by 5 Nov
Barnet Lovell Regeneration has filed detailed plans for the first phase of Grahame Park North East: 449 homes replacing 156, half affordable by habitable room, in blocks of up to 21 storeys. Comments close 5 November.
Planning
Barnet planning applications: QE sports hall among 57 new
All 57 applications Barnet validated in the week beginning 21 September: QE's sports hall, a Plantagenet Road food hall, seven studios on Friern Barnet Road, plus the Post Office and Grahame Park bids still open.
Planning
Barnet Post Office flats: 2 objections, decision by 9 Nov
Comments closed on turning the former Crown Post Office at 63-65 High Street into nine flats: three received, two of them objections. Decision by 9 November.
Planning
Mill Hill 463 Homes: Mayor Takes Over, Comments to 27 Sep
Barnet refused 463 homes at Stoney Wood Quarter on eight grounds. The Mayor took the decision off the council, and comments are open until 27 September.
Planning
Finchley Garage: Inspector Overrules Barnet, 9 Flats Win
Barnet refused nine flats at Glebe Motors on Glebe Road in May, saying the homes would be substandard. A planning inspector allowed the appeal on 19 August.
Planning
Finchley shisha lounge: retrospective bid, comment by 24 Sep
A 50-seat shisha lounge with a retractable roof has been built behind 225-229 Regents Park Road without permission. Barnet's site notice runs to 24 September; decision due by 19 October.
Planning
Barnet housing target: 32,730 homes, the most in London
Barnet has the biggest ten-year housing target of any London borough in the draft plan: 32,730 homes, 7,000 in the Green Belt. Comment by 15 October.
Planning
Wren Academy phone mast could rise to 21.35m under new plan
A notification filed on 10 August would extend the 17.4m lattice tower at Wren Academy in North Finchley to 21.35m. Barnet has until 31 August to decide.