The green space

This land is a green space used by the community. It was promised in exchange for the new hospital being built on public playing fields.

This land was previously the site of the old Finchley Memorial Hospital. Behind it were playing fields. When the new hospital was built it used part of the playing fields. In exchange, and as a condition of getting planning permission from the Mayor, the NHS promised:

“The site of the demolished hospital would become a publically accessible open space and the redundant Bow Lane Playing Fields, occupying the site’s southern area, would be developed as grass playing fields comprising two five a-side and one junior pitch, to be used by Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School.”

(you can find the full document here)

Now the developers are reneging on that pledge by proposing to build up to 130 homes on this land. Below is the proposed development in their pre-planning consultation (in July 2020).

Proposed buildings on the green space
Developers are proposing to build large apartment buildings of up to six stories high on green parkland