Transport for London and its developers are about to unveil details of revised plans to build flats on the car park at High Barnet tube station and the adjoining container storage site.

Barratt Homes and Places for London are proposing to provide 280 homes on the site – only a dozen fewer than a previous proposal in 2020.

An exhibition and a series of consultation events are to be held in late November so that residents and local organisations can learn more about the scheme. See details below.

In a joint statement TfL and the developers insist the development will benefit High Barnet.

“These proposals will deliver new homes and retail and improve the public realm on the site of the existing car park and surrounding land currently used for container storage.”

Dan Tomlinson, Labour MP for Chipping Barnet, said he hoped to meet TfL and the developers to understand more about their proposals and would issue updates on his views in due course.

His Conservative predecessor, Theresa Villiers, fought a sustained campaign against the loss of car parking space at outer London tube stations.

She was opposed to the application – which has now obtained the go ahead – to build flats on the car park at Cockfoster tube station. As Chipping Barnet MP, she was resolute in her opposition to building flats at High Barnet.

In 2021 housebuilders Taylor Wimpey withdrew their proposal to construct six blocks of flats over the station car park and container yard – a decision which was welcomed by Ms Villiers because she said it vindicated local opposition to a scheme which was out of character with the area would lead to  the loss valuable car parking space.

The Hands Off High Barnet campaign – founded by Gaynor Bond and Kim Ambridge – rallied opposition with a Facebook group which attracted over 1,00 members.

In a bid to counter local objections Taylor Wimpey revised their original plan, first submitted in 2019, cutting the number of flats from 450 to 292 and the number of blocks from eight to six, reducing their height from six to seven storeys instead of 10 to 12.

TfL and Barratt Homes are to hold two public exhibition and drop-in sessions – Wednesday 27 November from 15.00 to 19.00 at Chipping Barnet Library and on Sunday 1 December from 10.00 to 14.00 at the drama studio at Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School.

There will also be a community webinar on Thursday 28 November. To register, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.