Editing Mill Hill (section)

==Development==

Mill Hill East has been designated by the [[Mayor of London]] in his [[London Plan]] as a 'proposed area of intensification', in and around the Inglis Barracks site. As a result, Barnet Council designated the 'Mill Hill East [[Area Action Plan]]' (AAP) and carried out public consultation events. An at-times noisy 'examination in public',<ref>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/consultations/planning-consultations/millhill-east-aap-consultation/mill-hill-east-aap-public-examination-hearing.htm Public AAP hearing, 13-17 October 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203324/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/council-democracy/consultations/planning-consultations/millhill-east-aap-consultation/mill-hill-east-aap-public-examination-hearing.htm |date=7 June 2011 }}</ref> to test the 'soundness' of the council's submitted AAP proposals, was held in October 2008, conducted by the [[Planning Inspectorate]], and the subsequent report broadly agreed with the council's plans.

Representations were made to the Planning Inspectorate to reopen the railway line from Mill Hill East station to the west.<ref>[http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2009/09/orbital-rail-the-solution-to-city-congestion.html The Times] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161043/http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2009/09/orbital-rail-the-solution-to-city-congestion.html |date=25 September 2009}} Comment on [[Nwllr]] light-rail proposal</ref>

A small victory for local protesters was that the report reaffirmed that a local closed road, Sanders Lane, would not be reopened for traffic, if only because the road was outside the AAP boundary (this had already conceded by the council) and would need separate consideration. The inspector stated in his report of December 2008:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mhe-aap-inspectors-report-dec2008.pdf|title=Report of AAP Examination, 2 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203151/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mhe-aap-inspectors-report-dec2008.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |website=barnet.gov.uk}} [[Planning Inspectorate]]</ref>{{Cquote|Sanders Lane is outside the AAP boundary. Many of the matters that concern local residents and expressed at the Hearings can be addressed at a later stage.}}

The amended AAP was formally adopted by the council on 27 January 2009.<ref>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mill-hill-east-aap-adopted-jan-2009 Mill Hill East Area Action Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607203113/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/mill-hill-east-aap-adopted-jan-2009 |date=7 June 2011 }}</ref>