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Update: Northway Gardens Padel Tennis Proposal

Posted on 12 May 2025

Barnet Council has refused planning permission for the proposed padel tennis courts at Northway Gardens Tennis Club. The refusal notice cites concerns about the impact on Metropolitan Open Land and the character of the Suburb’s conservation area – issues the Trust highlighted in its response

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Northway Gardens – Padel Tennis Proposal

Posted on 3 April 2025

The Trust has submitted comments to Barnet Council on the planning application for padel tennis courts at Northway Gardens. While the site lies outside the Scheme of Management, it is within the Conservation Area and a prominent green space. The Trust has therefore commented on

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HGST appoints new CEO to start in the new year

Posted on 25 November 2024

Ahead of the retirement in January of current CEO Simon Henderson, we are pleased to announce that a new CEO has now been appointed. The Trust and the Suburb more generally has benefitted from Simon’s leadership over the past five years, when he joined at

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2024 Election of elected member to Trust Council: results

Posted on 24 September 2024

The election for a new resident trustee has taken place, and ballot papers returned to the Trust’s auditors have been counted and verified. The results are as follows: Of the 193 valid voting papers received, Bryan Marcus received 73 votes, and Nicola Avery-Gee received 120

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AGM and Members’ Meeting

Posted on 23 September 2024

Monday 23 September from 6.30pm, Free Church Hall We’re trying something new this year! We want to give our Members a better opportunity to meet the trustees and discuss matters of interest than the present format of the AGM allows. We will therefore be holding

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Central Square tennis courts access codes

Posted on 12 June 2024

Users of our Central Square tennis courts now need to use a unique access code to enter the courts. You’ll be sent your code in your booking confirmation email, so make a note of it if you won’t have access to your emails when going

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New booking system for Central Square tennis courts

Posted on 23 April 2024

From 24 April 2024, you’ll be able to book via clubspark.net/HGST for our Central Square tennis courts, for slots starting from 1 May onwards. You can continue to use Reservio for bookings for slots up till the end of 30 April: https://hampstead-garden-suburb-trust.reservio.com/

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Trust Membership now no longer needs to be renewed

Posted on 11 October 2023

As per the resolution passed at last month’s AGM, Trust Membership is now continuous, until a person ceases to reside on the Suburb, or they contact us to terminate their Membership. Our new Memorandum & Articles of Association – which includes the amendments made at

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Office closure

Posted on 25 September 2023

Please be advised that the Trust office will be closed on Wednesday 27 September for staff training. Messages can be left via 0208 455 1066 or [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we can on Thursday.

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Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust council election 2023

Posted on 18 September 2023

Trevor Price stands down as elected trustee after one three year term. We have received one nomination for this vacancy from Sarah Stafford – please see her candidate statement below. As there are no other candidates, Sarah will be elected following the AGM on Wednesday

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