Local Residents & Labour Members are invited to sign, if in agreement


We oppose the current planning application for the New Barnet Gas Works.

We believe this application should be rejected and turned into an opportunity, a catalyst for the change we need in New Barnet. This is a time for boldness & vision. We need homes fit for the heroes of today (the keyworkers and for everyone else who lives and works in this community).

Our community needs & deserves:
• a development of modern, sustainable, environmentally sound, safe, warm, insulated homes
• homes with sufficient outside space – the Covid crisis has shown us how important these spaces are for physical and mental well-being
• well planned and designed infrastructure to support the development and the residents
• homes which are accessible and homes which are desirable for downsizers
• truly affordable homes so that our friends, families, neighbours and keyworkers are no longer displaced from their community or forced into overcrowded or temporary accommodation

We are worth it! We deserve it! We have a vision for the community we want to live in - our community!

Join us in opposing the current planning application on these grounds:
• Height, density, scale and massing
• Inadequate habitable space
• Pressure on local infrastructure (including utilities)
• Failure to protect Barnet’s Character & Amenity
• Concerns regarding fire safety
• Housing mix
• Road congestion and road safety
• Failure to protect or enhance Barnet’s natural landscapes & local views


The development previously approved (and generally accepted as a compromise) was far from perfect (zero social homes and a nominal amount of so-called “affordable housing”). It was still at a height and density not in keeping with the surrounding area. The previously approved development is essentially “shovel ready”, but let’s do better. Because we can. Because we should.

The following petition, regarding planning in Barnet more generally, sits alongside this statement, please sign it too.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/homes-for-heroes-and-everyone-else-too?share=5310083a-b4e7-4143-9a2c-26ef4dbda537&source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink

Philippa Whitecross, Communications Officer, Chipping Barnet CLP & Treasurer, High Barnet & Underhill Branch
Amy Hayes, Communications Officer, Chipping Barnet CLP
Will McMahon, Chair, Chipping Barnet CLP
Sarah Pillai, Secretary, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Catherine Loveday – Press Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party & Chair East Barnet Brunswick Branch
Angie Hudson - Vice Chair Membership, Chipping Barnet CLP
Geoff Palmer – LGBTQ Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Linda Benjamin – Womens Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Lottie Stables – Political Education Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Holly Kal-Weiss – Co-Campaigns Officers, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Cherry Sewell – Trade Union Liaison Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party & Chair Coppetts Branch
Paul Mackney – Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Elizabeth Walter – Press Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Karen Kiil - Premises Officer, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Jo Tweg - Totteridge & Oakleigh Delegate to EC, Chipping Barnet CLP
David Rosenberg - Totteridge & Oakleigh Delegate to EC, Chipping Barnet CLP
Carolina Graterol - Fundraising Officer, Chipping Barnet CLP
Ian Pittams, High Barnet Branch delegate to EC, Chipping Barnet Labour Party
Diane Clark, Member of High Barnet & Underhill Branch Labour Party
Joanna Frith
Julien Lepretre
Raymundo Obedencio
Saeed Ajir
Terry Lloyd





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