27 Jul Barnet Council launches competition for £19m park upgrade

Barnet Council has launched a design competition for the redevelopment of West Hendon Playing Fields.

The Hendon park is one of the largest in the borough at 62 acres and features football pitches, tennis courts, and a playground.

The £19million regeneration programme will upgrade the tennis courts, artificial turf pitches, and deliver a skatepark, bowling green, high ropes course, and other community facilities.

The two-stage competition, launched by the Landscape Institute, will award three shortlisted entrants a £10,000 honorarium with the winner awarded the development contract to deliver plans up to RIBA stage 3.

Entrants will be expected to showcase their “visionary thinking”.

Councillor Alan Schneiderman, chair of Barnet Council’s environment and climate change committee, said the scheme will “enhance a magnificent green space in the heart of an otherwise very urban area for everyone to enjoy”.

The competition is open until 18 September.