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This festive season will see people across the borough celebrating Christmas and ringing in the New Year. If you are planning to celebrate with fireworks, remember while they can be a lot of fun, to take extra care, plan ahead and ALWAYS follow the Firework Code. Before you start Only buy fireworks that have a CE mark, from licenced retailers. Don’t drink alcohol if setting off fireworks, always keep fireworks in a closed box and use them one at a time.

The current proposals are for a type of road closure known as traffic filters – enforced by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras – in Booth Road and The Greenway, Colindale. The aim is to reduce non-residential vehicles passing through these roads to improve the quality of life for residents in these areas, which would also improve road safety and air quality.

Every March, the council sets a budget for the next financial year giving details on how much money we will spend on each of the services we provide. We have taken a long-term and proactive approach to financial planning in difficult circumstances. We have saved over £205million since 2010, enabling us to protect frontline services as far as possible.

Councillors have approved Barnet Council plans for the development of the Hendon Hub following Monday (January 10) night’s Strategic Planning Committee. Plans for the development, which will be created by Barnet Council in partnership with Middlesex University, were given the go-ahead. This was following consultation with the local community and key stakeholders, which fed into the adaption of the proposals.

A landlord has been ordered to pay £24,000 in a fine and costs after Barnet Council inspectors found he had been housing five tenants in a dangerous property. They discovered issues including damaged doors and an insecure front door at the House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO). Officers reported an overbearing smell and a first-floor landing blocked by so many items that a tenant had to climb over them to enter and leave his room.

The London Borough of Barnet has put out the following statement following the death today, September 8 2022, of Her Majesty The Queen. The Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Alison Moore, said: “It is with the deepest sadness that we learnt today of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We share in the profound grief felt across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the entire world.

The Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Alison Moore, today (11 September) proclaimed His Majesty The King in the borough of Barnet. The Proclamation took place at 2pm at Hendon Town Hall. The Mayor was joined by the Representative Deputy Lieutenant Martin Russell, Barnet Council Leader Cllr Barry Rawlings, councillors, past mayors, and the council’s leadership team. The ceremony was also attended by Barnet residents.

Following the announcement of the bank holiday to fall on Monday 19 September, there will be a number of changes to council services including schools, libraries, bin collections and the council’s contact centre. Funerals will proceed as normal and death registrations can be facilitated via 020 8359 2000, between 9 – 11, if you require urgent same-day burial or cremation. For details, please see below:

A Service of Commemoration for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was held this evening, Sunday 18 September, at St Mary’s Church in Hendon followed by a minute’s silence observed at Hendon Town Hall. The service was conducted by the Vicar of Hendon and Area Dean of Barnet Reverend Dr Julie Gittoes with the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet Cllr Alison Moore and Representative Deputy Lieutenant Mr Martin Russell also paying tribute.

Barnet Council has launched a consultation on the A1000 cycle lane which includes a series of workshops and focus groups involving local residents and businesses. In late 2020 as part of a Government and Transport for London (TfL) funded response to Covid-19 impacts on public transport, the council installed the cycle lane from just south of North Finchley Town Centre to the borough boundary with Haringey.