A council meeting deemed ‘urgent’ is no cause for residents to worry, according to officers.

Urgency committees are held “to consider any item of business which needs a decision as a matter of urgency and where a meeting of the relevant Committee is not scheduled to take place within the time period within which the decision is required,” according to Barnet Council’s constitution.

One is scheduled to be held on Monday (October 17) at Hendon town hall, the Burroughs, with only three councillors in attendance.

Members of the public will also be able to attend the meeting between Conservative leader of the council Cllr Richard Cornelius, his deputy Cllr Dan Thomas and Labour opposition leader Cllr Barry Rawlings.

According to council officers, decisions are made at these meetings when a decision is required urgently or if a vote held at the relevant committee would likely be unfair, biased or unanimous.

Items on the agenda include plans for the council to buy houses, including some outside of London, for Barnet Houses to provide them affordably.

There will also be an update on adult social care enablement services, though the press and public are excluded due to the “financial or business affairs of any particular person” the information concerns.

Public questions and comments will be taken at the meeting and interested residents can contact Kirstin Lambert for more information at kirstin.lambert@barnet.gov.uk or 020 8359 2177.