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 plans and only eight in support, with opponents warning they would be out of character, overlook neighbours and worsen parking and congestion problems. Planning officers said the scheme should be refused, pointing out in a report that the site lies outside an area earmarked for tall buildings in the local plan.
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Leila Roy
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Tributes have been paid to activist and former councillor Leila Roy, who died on Friday.
A hugely popular figure in the community, Ms Roy served as a Conservative councillor in Camden s Belsize ward from 2014-18.
She was an outspoken critic of the council s Labour leadership over its handling of the Chalcots Estate evacuation, and narrowly missed out on re-election in 2018.
Cllr Oliver Cooper, current leader of the Conservative group, tweeted on Saturday (February 27): Leila threw herself into everything she did. Helping Belsize and Chalcots residents. Supporting democracy in Africa. Raising the most brilliant and caring son. Ensuring thousands received remote lessons last summer.