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We have an important update for all supporters of Save Our Edgware. On 31 May 2026, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, confirmed on behalf of the Secretary of State that he will not call in planning application 24/2686/OUT — the Ballymore scheme for 25 tower blocks up to 29 storeys above an underground electric bus garage, with demolition of Edgware Bus Station. Following cross-party representations from politicians across the political spectrum, the Secretary of State reconsidered his position and has now confirmed he will not intervene. Who wrote…

Tomorrow Barnet and Harrow vote. Save Our Edgware sent the same six questions about the Edgware Town Centre redevelopment to every party with candidates standing in Barnet. Five answered. Two didn’t. This is the eve-of-poll record. The full ward-by-ward record, every party’s word-for-word answers, and links to every leaflet are at saveouredgware.co.uk Who stood up for Edgware 🟢🟢 Conservative Harrow Strong track record. 6-storey suburban limit already in Harrow Local Plan. Conservative Harrow has the strongest record of any party on the Edgware scheme. Harrow Council submitted a strong formal consultee objection. Bob Blackman MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary…

  Burnt Oak · Local Elections 7 May 2026The Watling Avenue car park is the main public car park behind Burnt Oak station, used by shoppers visiting the high street and Burnt Oak Market. In 2021, the Conservative-led council voted to sell it to developers. In 2022, the council and the Environment Agency agreed it could not be built on. In 2023, the new Labour administration signed the developer agreement anyway. This is the record before you vote.Application 24/4556/FUL Status: Pending Decision Polling Day: Thursday 359 Homes proposed across three sites 13 Storeys at tallest 156 Town-centre parking spaces lost…

Barnet’s Station Sites and Tower Growth — Press Briefing Transport for London’s property arm, Places for London, has nominated every major station in Barnet for high-density residential development — and those nominations have been written into the adopted Local Plan, which the current administration adopted in March 2025. At Edgware the first scheme has been approved: 2,316 homes in towers up to 29 storeys. At High Barnet, Finchley Central, Woodside Park, Totteridge and Mill Hill East, applications are pending or in the pipeline. This briefing sets out what has been allocated, what has been approved, and how the policy framework…

Barnet’s Station Sites and Tower Growth: What Residents Should Know Save Our Edgware · Borough-Wide Briefing Places for London — TfL’s property arm — is systematically targeting station sites and car parks for high-density towers across outer London. In Barnet, nine TfL-owned sites are written into the adopted Local Plan, alongside one council-owned site — the commuter car park serving Mill Hill Broadway station at Bunns Lane — being developed under the same template. At Edgware, the first scheme has been approved: 3,365 homes across 31 buildings, with TfL’s Site 28 contributing 2,316 of those homes. Save Our Edgware is…

Disabled passengers among 23,000 daily users face 20-fold longer walk to Tube under Edgware bus station demolition plans Save Our Edgware has formally asked Barnet Council to strengthen the Section 106 agreement and pause the GLA Stage 2 referral. Why? Because the current outline approval allows the demolition of Edgware Bus Station without securing a safe, equivalent replacement. 🔴 Key Issue: Increased Walking Distances to Tube by 20-fold The Ballymore’s own Transport Assessment Addendum recognises: “It is therefore recognised that the proposed bus station arrangements would result in increased walking distances for bus to LU interchanges.” Under the existing layout,…

“Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are currently at the scene of a large fire in Water Gardens car park in Hemel Hempstead. The service was called at 3.59pm today (December 9) to reports of two vehicles and an electrical vehicle charging station on fire at the car park. Two pumps were sent from Hemel Hempstead station and firefighters are currently tackling the fire.” My Local News Source: My Local News This real-world EV fire incident — involving multiple vehicles and an EV charging station — highlights the very risks being raised by safety experts in relation to the Ballymore–TfL Edgware…

By Abe Hayeem (Development Section – CAPRA News, Issue 146, November 2025)  As quoted in Harrow Times, “the Railway Hotel, built in 1931 and given Grade II listed status in 2003, has stood empty for years and was badly damaged by fires in 2016 and 2021. It has been on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ Register since 2013.” Edgware Limited, a company owned by local investors and developers, has announced emerging proposals to restore the building and redevelop land at the rear, known as the Forumside site. Current state of the Railway Hotel, Edgware (Grade II listed building). “Under the…

By Grace Howarth (Local Democracy Reporter) The Railway Hotel, Edgware. Image: Google Edgware residents have raised concerns over plans to build 700 homes as part of the redevelopement of a fire-damaged hotel.     The Railway Hotel, which was built in 1931, has a Tudor-style design and is Grade 2-listed. The building, now derelict, was closed in 2006, but later suffered two fires, one in 2016 and another in 2021. Agents Cavendish, on behalf of Edgware Limited, said: “Both Barnet Council and the local community have been clear that it needs to be protected, restored and given a viable long-term…