Plans to redevelop Golders Green station will be "fundamentally" redrafted due to the scale of opposition.

Transport for London and the Mayor of London's planning brief was put to public consultation in February by Barnet Council, and received 1,000 representations.

The planning brief includes dismantling the clock tower war memorial and moving it from the junction of Finchley Road and North End to make way for a new road layout, with building works to stretch across a 10.3 hectares of a conservation area.

There is also the potential for high rise flats to be built in the area, which may obstruct views towards the Garden Suburb and from listed buildings surrounding the site.

Finchley and Golders Green Conservative candidate Mike Freer, who has met with TfL and told them of his opposition to the plans, said: "The proposals from Transport for London are unacceptable: their proposals would cram in too many flats, be built too tall with insufficient infrastructure.

"The idea of relocating the war memorial is equally unacceptable and the whole package is wrong and out of keeping with the area."

Garden Suburb councillor John Marshall said the scale of public opposition meant the planning brief had to be rewritten – and that City Hall would have to reconsider their proposals.

He said: “Conservative councillors in Garden Suburb, Childs Hill, and Golders Green will continue to fight hard for residents’ interests to ensure any changes to the station will protect the character of the town centre and ensure the war memorial is treated with respect deserving of those it commemorates.”

Not included in the new planning brief will be 8.1 hectares of land on the Garden Suburb side of the station, and councillors are also pushing for the consultation area to be increased to include the opinions of more residents.

Jeremy Newmark, Labour candidate for Finchley and Golders Green and founder of cross-party planning thinktank Planning Futures, said: "The Conservatives on Barnet Council have woken up to the massive local concern about this development far too late.

"If the Conservative MP and councillors were in touch with local residents they wouldn't have been caught on the hop by the scale of public opposition to the plans.

Mr Newmark also shared concerns about air pollution at an enclosed bus station and the character of central Golders Green being damaged by the new development, adding that the brief was voted through by Conservative councillors initially.

He added: “The consultation must be re-opened so that more local people can comment and have their views taken into account - it should have been extended anyway when the General Election was called.

"Planning decisions are always made better by talking to the people affected.”