Egle Rameikaite with a round-up of current council consultations

Barnet residents are invited to take part in upcoming community development schemes through consultations, discussions, and feedback.

Five new projects are currently open for consultation.

Golders Green Creative Placemaking Consultation

The council is calling on the Golders Green community to have their say on the Golders Green Wayfinding and Culture and Community Action Plans, which aim to celebrate local heritage, nurture the local context, ensure cultural activation and inspire site-specific response to future projects, some of which will be delivered in 2023/4.

Share your views on this by Friday 28th April

Barnet Playing Field playground consultation

Consultation for a new playground at Barnet Playing Field, to replace the existing playground. The council proposes that the new playground will be larger and in a similar location to the current playground and will cater for a greater age range. The plans also include keeping the outdoor gym and removing the basketball hoop.

Share your views by Sunday 7th May

Hendon Park – additional play equipment consultation

The council’s West Area Committee has agreed to allocate £115,000 to increase the amount of play equipment for older children at Hendon Park. Say what you think about the proposed additional play equipment at Hendon Park and the location of this equipment. See the proposed equipment here.

Take part by Sunday 7th May

Consultation on proposals for a privately rented property licensing scheme 2024 – 2029

From summer 2023 all privately rented accommodations in Burnt Oak, Colindale North and Colindale South will be required to be licensed.

Following changes in ward boundaries, we are now consulting on new property licensing proposals for the privately rented sector in other parts of the borough. Property licensing is a way we can ensure safer and better conditions in privately rented properties with a particular focus on areas where poor quality private accommodation is more prevalent.

Residents, tenants, landlords, managing or letting agents, organisations, businesses and all other interested parties can have their say until Tuesday 23rd May.

Brent Cross Cricklewood Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) Review

Following last year’s survey in the Brent Cross Cricklewood area to assess parking needs and where parking restrictions would be required to ensure the safe operation of the road network, an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone has been introduced as an interim parking control measure. The roads covered by the survey included Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road.

The feedback from the residents will review how well the implemented measures are working and help to make changes accordingly.

Residents, tenants, landlords, managing or letting agents, organisations, businesses and all other interested parties are encouraged to have their say.

Take part by Saturday 30th September

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