A big story for October was the final report from the Planning Inspectorate into Harrow Borough Council’s handling of its long running dispute with Barnet FC and its stadium the Hive.

The council was ordered to pay the legal costs of the football club while it prepared an appeal against a planning enforcement notice issued by Harrow.

The inspectorate also said the council had acted unreasonably during the long running dispute which went back to 2013.

Also in the headlines were people’s fears over the impact of council cuts in the coming year.

Harrow council said it needed to cut £25million in the 2015/2016 financial year and a total of £75million in the next four years.

In an open letter, leaders from the borough’s voluntary sector said the cuts to their funding would have a ‘disastrous and irreversible impact’ on the most vulnerable in the borough.

They said people would not have anywhere else to turn and would put more pressure on other services.

Also under threat were the borough’s children’s centres which led to a group of mums to join together to save them from closure.

The council said the centres could be cut down from 16 to just one in its budget consultation and the group of mothers feared the possible closures would have a negative impact on families.

During October the council held its Take Part consultation which asked people what services they would like to protect and how the council could make efficiencies in the upcoming budget.

At the end of the month police carried out a series of morning raids striking at the heart of drug dealing in South Harrow.

Homes in Rayners Lane and South Harrow were stormed by officers and a man and a woman were arrested in connection with drug offences.