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Plans to turn a family home into a 17-room multi-occupancy house to meet demand for student accommodation have been approved.

A development on green belt land has been waved through by councillors seeking to address the “desperate” need for affordable homes in Barnet.

A plan for a battery storage plant on green belt land in Mill Hill has been thrown out by councillors.

By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey The site at 133 Brent Street (Image: Google Maps) Plans for an eight-storey block of flats and offices in an area of low-rise homes have been refused by councillors. Developer Readyset Resources’ proposals for the site of a former police station at 133 Brent Street, Hendon, were turned down at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday. Barnet Council received 52 letters of objection to the plan...

By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey The council aims to do more to tackle fly-tipping (Image: Canva/Pixabay) A plan has been drawn up to tackle fly-tipping in Barnet after a surge in incidents was recorded last year. Barnet Council has established a working group to bring together the different organisations involved in cracking down on illegal dumping and set out a range of measures to make responding to incidents more efficient....