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The Framework provides an outline of the vision for the planning of three sites in or on the edge of Chipping Barnet Town Centre. These are the Spires Shopping Centre, Barnet Market site and the Territorial Army site. It provides detailed guidance to manage future development and other improvements to the town centre to ensure long term vitality and viability. The Framework indicates the broad development principles for these sites and is a material consideration when considering any future planning applications for the area it covers. 

The council undertakes Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) to help us understand the impact of new proposals and changes to service delivery on people in Barnet based on:

Growth and regeneration work in Barnet has already delivered thousands of new homes and a wide range of community facilities. Below are some of the key milestones for the Delivering for Barnet programme. Click on the links to find out more.

The road running through Hendon Central, roughly in line with the Watford Way, was called Butchers Lane. Where St John's School now stands was Paddock Farm and further up, near the top of Station Road, was Burroughs Farm. The Handmaids of Christ established the Convent of St Joseph in Burroughs House in 1882. They had a school by 1900, now St Joseph's Primary School. Butchers Lane became Queens Road after Queen Victoria's jubilee (1887).

Second homes for the purposes of Council Tax are properties that are substantially furnished and unoccupied or have no permanent resident. The London Borough of Barnet does not grant any reduction for second homes. From 1 April 2025, if you own a property which is considered a second home, you will be charged a 100% premium. This includes:

Self-service opening allows eligible library card holders to use our libraries during unstaffed opening hours.  You can: borrow, return and renew items using the self-service kiosks use a computer photocopy and print pick-up your Select and Collect requests