Barnet FC 'extremely disappointed' after plans for new 7,000-seat stadium rejected

Barnet FC 'extremely disappointed' after plans for new 7,000-seat stadium rejected

Questions have been raised about whether Barnet FC will be able to return to its home borough

Charles Wright: Barnet FC lose stadium vote but it isn't full-time yet

On Monday evening Barnet Football Club’s bid to return to its historic High Barnet home stumbled at the first hurdle. It was rejected by Barnet Council’s strategic planning committee – predictably, perhaps – as “inappropriate development” within the Green Belt that would cause an unacceptable “loss of public open space and loss of playing fields”. The Barnet team played its final game at its old Underhill stadium, its home for more than a centur…

Barnet Council backtracks on leader's claims it offered Barnet Football Club alternative sites for stadium

The authority has clarified that it is not currently in talks with the club about possible locations in the borough after Barry Rawlings said last week that “three or four sites have been mentioned” reports David Floyd Barnet FC supporters gather outside Hendon Town Hall on Monday – (Credit – Leïla Davaud) Barnet Council’s position on Barnet Football Club’s stadium plans was clarified this afternoon as the authority appeared to backtrack on clai…