Barnet's Labour Council screw up again over Church Farmhouse Museum Sale

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Lets file this under the "you couldn't make it up" folder in the Barnet Council litany of cock ups. A local historian alerted me to this advert >>

Dodgy developers have long been in the habit of posting notices about dodgy developments in the locality just before Xmas. It appears that our Labour Council have adopted this strategy with contentious local developments. This advert was apparently posted in the December 18th edition of a local papers. 

In a rather bizarre move, the Barnet Council is trying to sell the grounds of the Church Farmhouse Museum separately to the building.

Readers of this blog will not be surprsied to learn that the Council has cocked up again. The Advert is defective, in a rather basic manner. The postcode of the Museum is listed as  NW9 4JR. This is actually an address in Colindale. I suspect that the residents of Coxwell Boulevard NW9 will be surprised to find that they live in an open space and the council wants to sell it!

Of course the correct post code os NW4 4JR. It is yeat another example of the slapdash nature of Barnet Council, where nothing is checked. The council must now repost this notice to be legally compliant, costing yet more money to hard pressed taxpayers. This is the second major cock up that Barnet's Labour Council have made as they try and get shot of a building they promised to save when they were in opposition.

They disgust me

I sent this objection to the Council today

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Dear Barnet Council

 

My attention has been drawn to an advert posted in press concerning the sale of Church Farmhouse museum. I trust you are aware that this notice is defective and requires reposting. I attach details

As I hope you are aware, the museum is in NW4, not NW9 as advertised. 

 

I would like to place on record my objection to this assaut on the heritage of Barnet and Hendon. Do councillors and council officials not value the heritage and history of our Borough.

 

I would also like to place on record my disappointment at the lack of even the most basic proofreading of such adverts. Such mistakes leaves Barnet Council open to legal challenge and demonstrates a cultire of slapdash incompetence.

 

I rather hope this sale will be abandoned now, although I suppose that a new advert will simply be posted to avoid legal challenge.

 

Regards

Roger Tichborne