Barnet Football Club would like to respond to Barnet Society’s article published 06 October 2025 titled ‘Planning inspector is being asked to reconsider Barnet Council’s rejection of plans for Barnet Football Club’s return to Underhill’.
The article states that Councillor Barry Rawlings, Leader of the Council, told the Barnet Society that Planning Officials were now assessing the grounds of which the Club had launched its appeal.
The Club can confirm that this is not the case and that no appeal has been lodged against the refusal of plans for a new stadium at Underhill.
An appeal against the decision does not need to be submitted until next January and in the interim, the Club are considering their options.
The Club’s preference would be to not appeal but to find a solution that the Council can support.
The Club is hoping to meet with Officers in the next few weeks to discuss options to move forward constructively.