Our local police have asked residents to take a few minutes to complete a survey for Golders Green. This is to help them better understand the current issues in our area and to coordinate resources.
You can respond by following this link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/F6QAKL/
(The title does say June 2021 but we believe that it is still current.)
“The Local Plan sets out a vision for how Barnet will change as a place over the next 15 years and forms a strategy which emphasises the borough’s attractiveness as a place to live, work and visit. The emerging plan will replace the existing 2012 Local Plan and will provide the main basis upon which future planning applications will be determined.”
You can have your say here: https://engage.barnet.gov.uk/local-plan-reg-19.
Ben Tansley from NorthWestTwo writes …
You’ve probably already seen that Montreaux have made a last-minute amendment to their plans, cutting the height of the tallest block to 19 storeys, leaving tower blocks 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and now again 19 storeys high – still more than twice the height of anything else in Cricklewood. This reduced the proposal by just 50 residential units, cutting it to 1050 units. They may have hoped this would make it more acceptable to the planning committee on 13 July 2021, but now there’s a new consultation and it can’t go to committee until September.
NorthWestTwo Residents Association, the Railway Terraces Residents Association and many, many others remain thoroughly opposed to this application. It’s still overwhelming, overbearing and out of keeping, too dense, and too much of a burden on local amenities, while its purported benefits crumble on examination.
Initial consultation was undertaken in October 2018, with letters being sent to 780 addresses. Following revisions to the scheme, an additional consultation was undertaken in June 2019. In total 480 objections were received, although only 81 of these objections were received in relation to the revised scheme.
You may be very tired of this and feel you’ve said so much already! Even so, it could be very worthwhile to go to Barnet’s planning portal again and simply say you still object. The new deadline is 16th July.
You may also have thought of more to say, in which case do add it and go into as much detail as you want! As the website itself says “If your comment is over 2000 characters please submit another online comment, begin the comment with ‘Continued’.” Lots of us have done that. But most of all, do make sure your previous objection isn’t dismissed or discounted – say it still stands!
Plant Sale: Saturdays, 10am – 2pm
A great selection of annuals and perennials, all organically grown in peat free compost. Many of the plants are grown from seeds or cuttings with extra TLC from the amazing volunteers.
Grub Club: Saturdays, 11am – 3pm
Tasty “pay what you feel” meals, all created with surplus food to help fight food waste.
Live Music: Saturdays, 12pm – 2pm
… provided by the The Loose Bohemians, weather permitting.
Dyedelion’s Pop Up Stall: Saturdays, 11am – 3pm
Unique cotton T-shirts, tops and bandanas, individually hand-dyed with plants by local artist Natalia.
Volunteering Drop In Sessions: Tuesdays, 11am – 1pm and Saturdays, 10am – 2pm
If you are interested in gardening and want to make a difference in the community, do go along!
Thank you ever so much to those who helped with the litter pick last Saturday! Although there were only a few of us we made a big impact! … And the rain held off until the very end.
There was some enthusiasm for making this a regular (2-3 month) event. So we’ll aim to have additional ones in September and November as a start. Watch this space!
