Puttin up front gates will now be subject to planning permission (Photo: Pixabay) People living in some Harrow’s conservation areas will now need planning permission to make changes to the front boundaries of their properties. Harrow Council’s planning committee last week agreed to impose new rules in ten conservation areas across the borough. It means any changes to, demolition of, or erection of gates, walls, fences, or other enclosures will now need to be approved by the council. These previously fell under permitted development rights. The affected areas are East End Park, Pinner High Street, Pinnerwood Park, Pinner Hill, Little Common, Stanmore Hill, Kerry Avenue, Canons Park, Brookshill Drive and Grimsdyke Estate, and Harrow Weald Park.
Suspected armed burglar charged after elderly woman threatened on Christmas Day A man has been charged in connection with a burglary which involved an elderly woman being threatened at knifepoint. Police were called to reports of an aggravated burglary in Pinner at around 7.30am on Christmas Day. The Met says an elderly woman had a knife pointed at her after a man broke in through patio doors. The woman was not physically hurt but the burglar made off with a quantity of cash, the Met said. As police immediately responded to the burglary, the Met received another call at 7.55am from a witness who had seen a man running from a burglary at another address in Pinner, while at 8.05am, officers were notified of an attempted break-in at a nearby address.