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West Hendon Playing Fields Speaking during the meeting, Cllr Schneiderman (Woodhouse) said: “Given that 82 per cent of the respondents who did take part (in the consultation) – and that would have been far higher if people were informed through letter boxes – why are you pushing ahead with this ridiculous plan?” Committee chairman Cllr Dean Cohen (Conservative, Golders Green) replied: “The car park is designed to ultimately benefit the users of the park. If it is clogged up by users who are not using the park, it is significantly impacting on those people who want to visit the park.” Cllr Cohen said the idea was to allow a period of free parking that would benefit park users while charging “an element for people who are not using the car park for the park”.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Cllr Alan Schneiderman warned against putting solar farms on parks A councillor has called for all of Barnet’s parks and green spaces to be protected amid fears some could be used as sites for solar farms. Labour’s environment spokesman Cllr Alan Schneiderman warned against proposals he claimed would restrict access to parks and green spaces deemed low-value and low-quality by the council. A total of 45 of the borough’s open spaces have been put into this category – and a savings proposal drawn up by the council revealed some could be used for solar farms.