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18-397: Barnet Council could refer to: The current Barnet London Borough Council , created in 1965 Barnet Rural District Council , renamed Elstree in 1941 Barnet Urban District Council , abolished in 1965 East Barnet Urban District Council , abolished in 1965 Friern Barnet Urban District Council , abolished in 1965 Topics referred to by

36-480: A Barnet local authority since 1863 when a local government district was created for the town of Barnet, also known as Chipping Barnet , governed by an elected local board. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 , which saw the board replaced by an urban district council. The much larger London Borough of Barnet and its council were created under

54-723: A local resident tried to challenge the council's decision via a judicial review , but without success. Most of the outsourced functions were brought back in-house during 2023. The local authority derives its powers and functions from the London Government Act 1963 and subsequent legislation, and has the powers and functions of a London borough council. It sets council tax and as a billing authority also collects precepts for Greater London Authority functions and business rates. It sets planning policies which complement Greater London Authority and national policies, and decides on almost all planning applications accordingly. It

72-623: A whole then started to decline, and the Outer London population fell from the 1951 peak to 4,230,000 in 1991. Since 1991 the Outer London population has been increasing again, surpassing the 1951 peak with a population of 4,942,040 in 2011. The population at the 2021 Census was 5,395,500. Over 60% of the population of Greater London lives in Outer London. In 2002 there were 1.64 million jobs located in Outer London, which accounted for 42% of total jobs in London. Heathrow Airport and Croydon are

90-635: Is "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barnet", although it styles itself as 'Barnet Council'. From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council . The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with

108-439: Is a local education authority and is also responsible for council housing , social services, libraries, waste collection and disposal, traffic, and most roads and environmental health. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. The first election was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 1 April 1965. Political control of

126-769: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barnet London Borough Council Barnet London Borough Council , also known as Barnet Council , is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London , England. It is a London borough council , one of 32 in London . The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022. The council meets at Hendon Town Hall and has its main offices at 2 Bristol Avenue in Colindale . There has been

144-482: Is reflected in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) classification. Under this classification, Outer London consists of the nineteen London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, and Waltham Forest. Figures here are for

162-622: The 2022 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in January 2023, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2026. The council has its main offices at 2 Bristol Avenue in Colindale , which was completed in 2019. Council meetings are held at Hendon Town Hall , which had been completed in 1901 for Hendon Urban District Council. Prior to 2019 the council's main offices were at Barnet House in Whetstone , which had been built in 1966 as 'Ever Ready House', being

180-533: The Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions. In 2012 Barnet outsourced many functions to Capita under what it called the 'One Barnet' programme. The scheme was controversial;

198-557: The London Government Act 1963 , with the first election held in 1964 . For its first year the council operated as a shadow authority alongside the area's five outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Finchley and Hendon and the urban district councils of Barnet , East Barnet and Friern Barnet . The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished. The council's full legal name

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216-439: The London Government Act 1963 . The main difference between Inner and Outer London boroughs between 1965 and 1990 was that the outer boroughs were local education authorities . The statutory Outer London boroughs are: The Office for National Statistics and the decennial UK Census use a different definition of Outer London, excluding Haringey and Newham (which are defined as Inner London), and including Greenwich . This

234-555: The Office for National Statistics defined Outer London (in its 2001 limits), whose land area is 1,254 km (484 sq mi). Figures before 1971 have been reconstructed by the Office for National Statistics based on past censuses in order to fit the 2001 limits. Outer London continued to grow as population moved from Inner London, surpassing the Inner London population in 1951 at 4,517,588. The population of Greater London as

252-410: The borough councils (including Barnet) responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. As an outer London borough council Barnet has been a local education authority since 1965. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the London borough councils, with some services provided through joint committees. Since 2000

270-510: The council since 1965 has been as follows: Political leadership is provided by the leader of the council . The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Barnet. The leaders since 1969 have been: Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 63 councillors representing 24 wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Seats are filled using plurality block voting ; elections are held every four years. Following

288-670: The headquarters of the British Ever Ready Electrical Company . The council moved into the building in 1986 and renamed it Barnet House. Outer London Outer London consists of areas that were not part of the County of London and became formally part of London when Greater London was created 1965. An exception is North Woolwich , which was in the County of London but was transferred to Newham in 1965. The twenty Outer London boroughs were defined by

306-567: The most significant locations for employment in Outer London. For the purposes of the London Plan planning document produced by the Mayor of London , Outer London consists of the statutory Outer London boroughs, with the exception of Newham. From 1990 to 2000 London used two telephone area codes with separate codes for 'Inner London' and 'Outer London' (originally 071 and 081 respectively, becoming 0171 and 0181 in 1995). The area covered by

324-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Barnet Council . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barnet_Council&oldid=1181970697 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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