Edgware Community Association AGM 2026
This AGM marks an important new chapter for the ECA. Whether you are already a member or simply interested in the future of Edgware, you are very welcome to attend.
Agenda
About the meeting
The meeting is open to all residents across the Edgware area. You do not need to be a member to attend — but you do need to be a paid full member to vote.
Questions? Contact us at info@edgwarecommunity.org
Want to vote at the AGM?
In accordance with the ECA constitution, only paid full members may vote, and membership must be active at least 14 days before the AGM.
Join as a full member to vote
Full membership costs just £5 per year and includes voting rights at the AGM. Register before Monday 8 June 2026 to vote on 22 June.
Register as a full member →Update on the Ballymore Edgware development
The Ballymore application (ref. 24/2686/OUT) — 25 tower blocks of up to 29 storeys, with demolition of Edgware bus station and bus garage and an untested underground electric bus garage beneath the homes — has now cleared its two main planning stages.
In July 2025, Barnet Council's Strategic Planning Committee approved the outline application by six votes to three. All six Labour councillors voted in favour; all three Conservatives voted against. In March 2026, the GLA declined to intervene, stating there was "no basis" to do so — despite nearly 7,000 objections, a Barnet record, and a London Fire Brigade objection that has never been withdrawn.
SOE and the ECA wrote to the Secretary of State calling for the application to be called in for independent review. The following elected representatives also wrote in support:
- Bob Blackman MP — Harrow East, Chair of the APPG on Fire Safety
- Cllr Marilyn Ashton — Chair of Planning, London Borough of Harrow, on behalf of Harrow Council
- Hina Bokhari OBE AM — Liberal Democrat, Chair of the London Assembly Fire Committee
- Cllr Lucy Wakeley, Cllr Nick Mearing-Smith and Cllr Shuey Gordon — Conservative, Edgware ward, Barnet Council
- Former Mark Shooter — Leader of Reform UK, Barnet Council
- Former Nitin Parekh — Labour councillor for Edgware ward, Harrow Council
We are also preparing the grounds for a legal challenge. The LFB's fire safety objection, the diversion of £41.5 million of public CIL funds to Ballymore, and serious procedural defects all remain live issues.
Full background details: saveouredgware.co.uk/briefing