“ I went along to the exhibition at Barnet tube, and like so many I was appalled at the proposed design for redeveloping the tube station. It is a gross over-development of the site squeezing in as many apartments as possible. When asked about resident parking I was told they do not have to include it in the plans and that "anyway no one buying these apartments will have cars" !! The blocks are proposed to be 6 stories high - completely out of scale with the local housing stock of 2 story houses and bungalows. The destruction of woodland is completely unacceptable because of the loss of health benefits that trees give and also for the visual impact. I agree with the need to utilize the land at the bottom of the hill and can see the benefit of putting apartment blocks there - but who on earth will buy them bounded by the rails on one side and a busy road on the other - oh I know they will be bought by private investors who will let them out at vast rents, also think of all the lovely council tax coming in. The lack of station parking will involve extending the CPZ - pity the poor residents of the streets directly adjoining it. I feel that this development is wrong on so many levels for Barnet and hope that as a local resident I will be able to offer my opinion and maybe influence the outcome - but I very much doubt it. ”