𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 - A message from the Mill Hill Preservation Society

This application has been PENDING since September 2020. As a reminder, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

However, 𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 as a response to objections raised regarding the area’s Ecology. However, MHPS notes that the applicant has chosen to measure itself against Natural England’s Biodiversity Metric 2.0 that was in fact superseded by a more rigorous metric 3.0 in July 2021.

MHPS has written to the Council highlighting this misleading submission and reiterating our previous objections (see our post of 30/9/20). MHPS continues to believe that there is no justification for this as a suitable location for a battery storage system that would be better located alongside an actual renewable energy installation, preferably on a brownfield site.

MHPS believes that this facility will damage the local ecology, increase flood risk and cause light and noise pollution.

We suggest that residents use this opportunity to write again to the council at https://publicaccess.barnet.gov.uk/online-applications/ quoting ref 20/4241/FUL.

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Note: This message was posted on the Mill Hill Preservation Society Facebook page

The Barnet Eye has been following this story since the news broke. Our most read blog of 2020 was one featuring an impassioned speech by local wildlife expert Samuel Levy. We are pleased that we played a major part in creating awareness and getting objections from local residents. If you havent' seen Samuel's video, please watch it now. This explains why this development should be rejected.