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Our pre-application advice service can help increase your chances of a successful planning application.

At Barnet, we offer a Fast Track service that speeds up the validation of planning applications and provides faster recommendations and answers to requests for advice.

Rithmik is a music project for young people aged 13 to 19 (up to 25 with additional needs) Young people can get involved in Music production, Radio Production, Journalism, Media, Vocals and Song writing. Programmes The Rithmik Music Studio has two open evening programmes a week:

There are a number of centres across Barnet that offer after school services for children during term time and play schemes during holidays.

Finchley Common was an area of land in between Finchley, Friern Barnet and Muswell Hill, which had been Finchley Wood and was under the authority of the Bishop of London. By the 15th century the people of Finchley claimed the right to collect wood and graze their animals in and around the wood. In the 16th century the Bishop had much of the wood cleared, and it became an open, uncultivated area called a common.

There's plenty of opportunities for older residents in Barnet to increase their levels of physical activity:

Arkley Between 1800 and 1890, Arkley Village was often known as Barnet Common or 'West Barnet', but the older name of Arkley has been revived since then. The area was referred to in medieval documents as “Southhaw”, and may be older than High Barnet. Nobody is sure what the 'Ark', part of Arkley means but the 'ley' means a clearing and was in use by 1330. During the 1950s, a 13th century kiln at Dyke Cottage was excavated, revealing a large cooking pot. Rowley appears in a document dated 1005, and means a clearing in a birch wood.

EU referendum results The government has passed legislation to confirm that a national referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be held on Thursday 23 June 2016. Eligible voters on the London Borough of Barnet's Electoral Register will be asked: