New bid by Transport for London and developers to get planning permission to build blocks of flats at High Barnet tube station
Transport for London and its developers are about to unveil details of revised plans to build flats on the car park at High Barnet tube station and the adjoining container storage site.
Barratt Homes and Places for London are proposing to provide 280 homes on the site – only a dozen fewer than a previous proposal in 2020.
An exhibition and a series of consultation events are to be held in late November so that residents and local organisations can learn more about the scheme. See details below.
In a joint statement TfL and the developers insist the development will benefit High Barnet.
“These proposals will deliver new homes and retail and improve the public realm on the site of the existing car park and surrounding land currently used for container storage.”
Dan Tomlinson, Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, said he hoped to meet TfL and the developers to understand more about their proposals and would issue updates on his views in due course.
His Conservative predecessor, Theresa Villiers, fought a sustained campaign against the loss of car parking space at outer London tube stations.
She was opposed to the application – which has now obtained the go ahead – to build flats on the car park at Cockfoster tube station. As Chipping Barnet MP, she was resolute in her opposition to building flats at High Barnet.
In 2021 housebuilders Taylor Wimpey withdrew their proposal to construct six blocks of flats over the station car park and container yard – a decision which was welcomed by Ms Villiers because she said it vindicated local opposition to a scheme which was out of character with the area would lead to the loss valuable car parking space.
The Hands Off High Barnet campaign – founded by Gaynor Bond and Kim Ambridge – rallied opposition with a Facebook group which attracted over 1,00 members.
In a bid to counter local objections Taylor Wimpey revised their original plan, first submitted in 2019, cutting the number of flats from 450 to 292 and the number of blocks from eight to six, reducing their height from six to seven storeys instead of 10 to 12.
TfL and Barratt Homes are to hold two public exhibition and drop-in sessions – Wednesday 27 November from 15.00 to 19.00 at Chipping Barnet Library and on Sunday 1 December from 10.00 to 14.00 at the drama studio at Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School.
There will also be a community webinar on Thursday 28 November. To register, email HighBarnet@fieldconsulting.co.uk
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Confine the development to the container yard. There is no logical reason why the parking needs to be taken away from residents especially the elderly and disabled. Where are the communters going to park when they need to use the underground? New flats will need greater infrastructure e.g Schools, Nurseries, GP access, Hospital capacity, sewage works and water. LBB should be transparent in their dealing with the developers and any appointed out sourced companies! This has been a challenge in the past on other developments in Barnet. [u]As Barnet residents, we strongly object to losing the station car park in any of the TFL facilities. Every station needs a car park.[/u]
I couldn’t disagree more, there is plenty of parking spaces in high barnet and plenty of public transport.
There is a housing crisis in London, young people are forced to live in house shares well into their 30’s, they can’t afford to buy somewhere and settle down near to jobs. It’s an absolute disaster for the under 40’s and they voted in their droves for this to be changed.
We have to build a lot more housing and there is no better place than on a car park and a container shipping box park.
“Out of keeping with the local area” is just the usual nonsense NIMBY objection, i have no sympathy for this, look around that area – it’s a tube station, a busy road, flats, a petrol station etc. It’s not out of keeping at all and even if it was we need to either build a lot of dense housing on brownfield land such as this or open up the greenbelt to more development.
You can’t prevent people getting much needed housing just because you want the area to look exactly the same as when you moved to it.
The big question is where are all the people who currently use the car park by High Barnet tube going to go if this housing proposal gets the go ahead? There will be a spill over to surrounding streets resulting in congestion and a right mess.
Seems like a perfect location for new housing to me. The real issue is what type of housing and who will the new homes be sold to. Its pointless building new homes which are then marketed abroad and sold to investors as a way to store their wealth (often being left empty for years). I personally would prefer to see the land used by TFL and local council to build the homes people in London desperately need. Building new homes will only solve the housing crisis if young people and families can actually access the new homes built.
Rob, People are objecting as they don’t want to loose the station car park and I agree with them.
Plus 6 or whatever 8 storey tower blocks are totally out of keeping with the surroundings.
This is great news, new housing for young people replacing an ugly shipping container storage yard has to be a good thing
This is a bit hysterical. There’s a need to build homes – not a conspiracy to ‘change the makeup of Barnet’.
I’d much prefer to see development of this than greenfield sites nearby – though I’d also like to see more car parking retained than at other TFL sites.
This plan is a terrible idea! It’s poorly thought out and there’s no consideration being made for any parking within the plan, and that’s before we consider the needs of these putative householders regarding any doctors, schools and other public services. The 280 homes represent [I]at least [/I]500 adults, plus children.
This is a politically driven plan, to change the make-up of Barnet. No-one objects to the area evolving, but this is nothing short of a revolution!