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The Council adopted the New Barnet Town Centre Framework November 2010. The Framework sets out a vision for the future of the town centre and provides detailed guidance to direct future development in New Barnet in a well planned and coordinated manner. The Framework is a material consideration when considering any future planning applications for the area it covers. It will assist economic prosperity and protect and enhance the centre’s future vitality and viability to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the local community.

Delivering for Barnet is the programme of regeneration and development taking place across the borough over the 15 years. It will deliver better places to live and work while protecting and enhancing the borough for generations to come. As part of the programme, we’re building more new homes than any other borough in outer London. Helping to create thriving communities. We work with developers to make sure growth and development is responsible and managed in areas that will be most enhanced by change.

Article 4 Direction Update Change of use from B1(a) office and B1(c) light industrial to residential As of 1 August 2022 these Article 4 Directions have lapsed. On 1 August 2021, a new permitted development right from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3 (Residential) replaced the rights for change of use from B1(a) office and B1(c) light industrial to residential that these Article 4 Directions were made under. 

Barnet Common covered the whole area south of Wood Street including places such as Duck Island, and Underhill as far as the Dollis. Originally the area was a wood, which was cleared to form the common by the 16th century. In 1649 there was a short lived Digger community on the common, and around the same time the local clay was used for bricks.

Crisis Resolution Team - Barnet If you require crisis mental health intervention and support please contact the BEHMHT (Barnet, Enfield and Haringey (BEH) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)).

Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Sustainability Appraisal Consultation Statement

Conservation areas are those areas identified by the Local Planning Authority as having special architectural or historic interest which merits designation. Character appraisals and boundary maps Most conservation areas have a character appraisal statement that includes information about what makes them so special.  If you live in a conservation area, read the conservation appraisal statement before submitting a planning application.

Brent Street was a section of a main road north out of London. At the Quadrant there is a milestone, the last piece of physical evidence of the old road. A small hamlet grew up during the Tudor period, at the junction of Brent Street and Bell Lane. Brent Street parish-pump supplied water for much of the area in the early 19th century, and there was also a 'cage' (1796 - 1883), an outdoor cell for holding for criminals.