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The council budget and capital programme contains the budget and council tax report approved by council each year. The revenue budget covers the estimated annual running costs of council services, including employees, premises and supply costs, and income from grants and customer charges.

Grahame Park is Barnet’s largest housing estate with 1,777 homes built by the GLC in the 1970s. Although the estate is popular with many early residents, significant problems arose due to the concentration of vulnerable and disadvantaged people, and because of the estate’s design which isolates it from the surrounding areas. Further information regarding the transformation of Grahame Park can be found on our regeneration pages.

New Barnet Framework - summary New Barnet Framework - scoping report New Barnet Framework - Draft

Whilst change is inevitable, what should act as a constant over the coming years are our organisational values. We embrace innovation and change We continually ask what we can do better, or differently. We encourage creativity and value ideas. We will celebrate our success and learn from mistakes. We value diversity

The Abbot of Westminster, lord of the manor of Hendon until the Reformation, built a house called Hendon Place from around 1285. Hendon Place was rebuilt in the Elizabethan period, and again around 1760. There is story that Elizabeth I planted a cedar tree in the grounds of the house when Sir John Fortescue lived there.

Our Contaminated Land Strategy (PDF, 405 KB) sets out how we identify and investigate contamination of land in Barnet, and use enforcement powers when necessary. The council has records of previous land uses going back to the 1800s.