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Saturday 30th September 2023 | |
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Dear Guest, here are some updates and information - quite a few subjects have cropped up in the past fortnight: | |
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How many times has "Gasworks" been featured in our newsletters? Well, they're back again. Not content with the approved plans for 371 homes on the site, the developers are yet again hoping to increase their profits by squeezing in more than 100 additional flats. The result would be some substandard, noisy and hot flats which the developers concede will need air conditioning to avoid overheating.
Here's the Save New Barnet team's news bulletin with info about their public meeting on 11th October.
You can view and comment on the plans on Barnet Council's website here: 23/3964/FUL | |
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Church Farm Houses - Revised Plan | |
The plans to build eight houses on the site of the old Church Farm swimming pool were approved in April. But due to the geometry of the site, the house furthest down Burlington Rise ("house 8") was a difficult shape (top diagram): | |
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So the developers have worked with the school to agree a small "land-swap" to improve that house 8 with a more regular shape, and a parking space which it wouldn't have had before (lower diagram). In return, the developers will build a new shed / workshop for the school. Negotiations between the developers, the Council, and the Department for Education have taken some time. East Barnet Councillor Simon Radford helped with the negotiations, and as he said at our meeting last week, developers are often given a hard time (sometimes quite rightly) but for the record these developers have been much more transparent, and much more proactive reaching out to councillors and residents. | |
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Adam Wilson, Barnet Friends Coordinator writes:The next Hub Connections Event for World Mental Health Day will be taking place on Tuesday 10th October, 11am-3pm at The Meritage Centre, Church, End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT
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Advertising & EV Charging Point in the Village | |
There is an application for another of these monstrosities outside Brooks Funerals in Church Hill Road in the Village. These applications are being approved all across the borough despite well-reasoned and articulated objections, because they have in effect already been agreed by the Council when they negotiated the contract with Jolt. | |
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(this is an Australian version of an advertising display/charger. Jolt seem a bit reluctant to show photos of the slightly modified UK version) | |
The panels are over 8ft 6in tall by nearly 4ft wide, and each video display consumes over a kilowatt of electricity continuously. The Council claim the advertising is necessary to subsidise the cost of charging vehicles.
If you wish to comment on this planning application, you can find it at 23/3973/FUL on the Council's website. | |
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Our meeting on 20th September was well attended, and we had some interesting discussions. You can read some notes about the meeting here. (Thanks to Sue Scott for chairing the meeting and sharing her notes to combine with mine.) Meeting notes | |
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'Friend of Oak Hill Park' Elaine Eyles recently attended the AGM of the London Wildlife Trust who manage the Oak Hill Wood and nature reserve in our park. Her notes and analysis (as she mentioned at the EBRA meeting on 20 Sep) are here. | | | |
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East Barnet Ward Walk Notes | |
Committee member Lockie Bramzell represented EBRA on the recent Ward Walk in New Barnet, which was attended by Community Safety and Council officers and ward councillors. You can read Lockie's report here. | |
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Simon Radford has forwarded information about Affinity Water's session on Wednesday 18th October, where you can have your say about how water should be managed. | |
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Dear Friends of Parks
Please be aware Asian hornet nests are on the increase (currently 54 nests discovered in Britain this year). Asian Hornet behaviour predates on honey bees and native pollinators. There is also a danger for residents accidently finding a founder nest at low level. Asian hornet is not yet established in the UK the more people that can get involved the better to protect green spaces and wildlife!
The Enfield Beekeepers are co-ordinating efforts to spread awareness and encourage trapping of Asian Hornets (so that a nest can be located by a inspector)
Please: National Bee Unit British Bee Keepers Association
Thank you for any support you can provide. Kind regards, James Waterton - Enfield Beekeepers Association | |
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EBRA member Sue Goldstein suggested I include this - "it's such good fun for Seniors - singing, dancing, dressing up, with a drink or two and lots of nibbles - plus photos. The music is great and loads of youngsters organising and joining in with us Seniors and all free. Of course it's the Gladrags Secret Society - it's so secret that it has to be shared!!" | |
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Click / tap the image for more information | |
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Dear Friend of FIN, We would like to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting which is taking place on Tuesday 17th October 2023. Time – 2.00-3.30pm Venue – Friend In Need, East Barnet Baptist Church, EN4 8PS Refreshments will be served after the meeting. We hope to see you there. Yours sincerely, Vicky Small, Volunteer Liaison | |
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