Neighbours in Hampstead protest plans for luxury flats in West Heath Road in July
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The anticipated decision on whether to grant planning permission for 45 flats in West Heath Road was delayed again last week.
Barnet Council s planning committee had been expected to approve the scheme – being brought forward by local developer Harrison Varma Projects.
But for the second time consideration of the project was deferred. It is understood this came after opponents of the scheme argued the report recommending its approval needed to further engage with concerns around affordable housing provided.
Anil Varma of HVP told this newspaper his firm had agreed to use the Greater London Authority s hindsight review mechanism to determine how much should be contributed to affordable housing in the area at a later date.
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Protestors Daniel (left) and Andrew, both who are from Hampstead Garden Suburb
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A protester who has long rallied against the reported oppression of Uighur Muslims in China is expanding his weekly protests from Hampstead into Finchley Road.
Andrew, from Hampstead Garden Suburb, has held weekly demonstrations for nearly two years outside the Chinese embassy in West Heath Road against the government’s alleged discrimination of its Uighur community.
Now the Orthodox Jew, who is in his 50s, is taking the cause to the Volkswagen garage in Finchley Road where he is calling on the German car manufacturer to close its factory in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.