The Railway Hotel in Edgware - Latest update

This morning, there has been all sorts of activity at The Railway Hotel in Edgware. It appears that three months after the fire, the temporary repair has been secured.

Edgware Councillor Sarah Wardle stated on Twitter that a multi agency task force had been set up to ensure that the Grade II listed building is properly looked after.

 Whilst it is clearly a good thing that the hotel is finally waterproofed, it is ridiculous that it has take 3 months to get to the point where this work has  been done. We clearly hope that this is just the start. We will be giving regular updates to our readers on this matter. We are sure that Sarah will find these useful in her tireless efforts to ensure that Barnet Council enforcement department are able to say they are on the case.

 As regular readers will know, there is a planning application on the Barnet Council website to turn the car park into a Coach Station. It seems that this is already happening, despite the fact that the council have not granted permission. We urge the Council to take proper action to deal with this. The bottom image implies that the coachers will be small minibuses (see picture at bottom from planning application). As you can see the coaches are massive and have trailers.

It is quite clear that Barnet Council and Sarah are being lead a merry dance by the people who are operating this service. If we can see what is going on, why can't the Council Officers, who are paid your taxes to enforce this, do their job?

If you want to get a full update on the awful state of this Grade II listed building, watch the video at the bottom

Image from planning application