“ Completely understand the anxiety and concern created by this proposed development. I am not against the development but I do agree that some aspects jeopardise the local area. In my eyes, the main issue is parking considering that High Barnet is a terminus station and thus has people driving in from the wider area. St. Albans Road and surrounding streets are already used as extended commuter car parks from the station and reducing the number of parking spaces at the station will only elevate this occurrence. Nevertheless, if the car park situation was addressed and a suitable number of parking spaces were left then I see no considerable problem with the development. The impact on services is obviously a concern, yet as undesired it is, the population is growing and development in Barnet was going to happen eventually (as it is in the vast majority of the country) and therefore services were going to be impacted by a growing population at one stage. As sad as it is to acknowledge, Barnet was not going to stay the same forever. Even for towns and urban environments evolution, whether good or bad, is sadly part of life. With regards to Peter Sawyer's comments, to argue that the elderly 'depend' on their cars to shop locally is completely unjustified. Much of the elderly population of Barnet do not drive and actually rely on transport services (which is why TFL's proposal of reducing the radius of the 384 bus is such an issue and hindrance), of which overall Barnet is pretty well connected, and actually attempt to walk to the shops for fresh air and health benefits where possible. ”