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Delivering for Barnet is the programme of regeneration and development taking place across the borough over the 15 years. It will deliver better places to live and work while protecting and enhancing the borough for generations to come. As part of the programme, we’re building more new homes than any other borough in outer London. Helping to create thriving communities. We work with developers to make sure growth and development is responsible and managed in areas that will be most enhanced by change.

The Hyde takes its name from a medieval measure of land (c1281) and was a small hamlet on the junction of the Kingsbury Road and the Edgware Road by the middle of the 16th century. The Kings Arms may have originally been 17th century, but has been rebuilt many times. The writer Oliver Goldsmith lived at Hyde Farm between 1771 to 1774, where he wrote 'She Stoops To Conquer' and 'Animated Nature'.

When do I Need a Camping Site Licence? To run a camping site you need a licence from the London Borough of Barnet. The purpose of the licence is to protect the health and safety of residents (both permanent and visitors) of sites by requiring the site to comply with basic standards. If you allow your land to be used as a camping site by the public for more than 42 days consecutively - or 60 days in a year - you require a licence.   Conditions may be attached to a licence. 

The LADO deals with allegations against staff within the children's workforce in Barnet. Where one of the following allegations have been made, these must be reported to the LADO within one working day:

At the lower end of Brent Street is Brent Green. This small piece of ground was saved from developers in 1878 by a group of local people. Further down the road, where Hampshire Court is today, was Salisbury Plain. This was a piece of wasteland in front of an inn called The Load of Hay (demolished 2002). During the 18th century animals being taken to London were penned here overnight.

Population of the Parish of Hendon from the national census taken every ten years from 1801 to 1961 The old civil parish of Hendon included Mill Hill, Burnt Oak, Golders Green and Childs Hill. The statistics do not include Edgware which became part of Hendon in April 1931. 1801 = 1,955 1811 = 2,589 1821 = 3,100 1831 = 3,110 1841 = 3,327 1851 = 3,333 1861 = 4,544 1871 = 6,972 1881 = 10,484 1891 = 15,843 1901 = 22,450 1911 = 40,039 1921 = 57,529 1931 = 115,682 1951 = 155,857 1961 = 151,843

The name Mill Hill East came about in 1935, only slightly before the railway was electrified as a part of London Transport's Northern Line in 1939. Originally the area was called Bittacy Hill.