@The_BeeBrief With three games we’re expected (and need) to win coming up, would dropping points just be annoying, or how limiting could it actually be on our ambition in the window?
Barnet FC is NOT in Barnet!
Local fans can’t watch their own team play football in their own borough.
The council won’t let them build a stadium after complaints that the floodlights might be too bright!
Just another example of how you can’t build ANYTHING in Britain.
An interesting test tomorrow of the government’s efforts to get local councils to stop pandering to NIMBYism.
Barnet Council is set to vote on @BarnetFC’s bid to return to its 140-year old home by building a new stadium and community facility on a low-quality piece on greenbelt land.
On offer: a big injection of private money to build new sports and health facilities, a much-needed boost for the local economy and businesses, and securing the long-term future of the local football club.
But, despite constantly pleading poverty and demanding more government cash, Labour-run Barnet Council and leader Barry Rawlings have been dismissive of the plan from the start and, after opposition from a small but vocal group of residents, council officers have recommended rejecting it. This is exactly the sort of self-defeating, anti-growth, NIMBY-focused mindset in town halls that @AngelaRayner has been valiantly trying to change. Tomorrow a good indicator of whether she’s managed to - or whether more will need to be done to force councils to stop blocking positive development.