Councillor Richard Barnes

Planning Committee - Thursday 26th September, 2024 7.00 pm, NEW

The meeting considered eight planning applications and made decisions on each.

Strategic Planning Committee - Monday 16th September, 2024 7.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee voted to grant planning permission for amendments to the Silk Park development in Hendon, subject to conditions and a Section 106 Agreement[^2] being signed.

Adults and Health Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee - Thursday 5th September, 2024 7.00 pm

The committee discussed a report on children's oral health in Barnet. The committee was concerned that Barnet was the only borough in North Central London that did not provide a targeted fluoride varnishing programme for children, due to funding constraints. The committee requested data on how many children had been identified with safeguarding concerns from dental assessments or from the supervised toothbrushing scheme. There was disappointment that only 69% of Barnet's looked after children have had dental checks, which the Executive Director of Communities, Adults and Health agreed to raise with Tina McElligott, the Director of Children's Social Care. The committee also discussed whether there was any funding available to help people who have to travel to access NHS dentists, and asked the Integrated Care Board (ICB) to consider commissioning a mobile dental van, similar to some other boroughs.

Planning Committee - Wednesday 4th September, 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting decided on a number of planning applications, including the approval of a reserved matters application for landscaping at 49 and 51 Beresford Avenue, the approval of change of use applications for Antian House and 49 St James Avenue to be used as children's homes, the approval of an application to vary a condition relating to levels on land to the West of Edgwarebury Farm, the approval of an application to extend Roman House, the approval of an application for a rear extension at 1 Daphne Close, the approval of an application for a rear outbuilding at 61 Finchley Lane, the approval of an application to change the use of a retail unit at 811 High Road, and the approval of an application to convert a building at 138 High Road into flats.

North Area Committee - Thursday 25th July, 2024 6.30 pm

The North Area Committee approved funding requests for the Barnet Elizabethans Rugby Football Club, Hadley Football Club, The Darlands Conservation Trust, and Oak Hill Parkrun. The committee also noted the latest updates to the Community Infrastructure Levy and Road Safety & Parking budgets.