Plans to erect an eruv to enable the Jewish community carry out activities on the Sabbath have been given the go-ahead by councillors.
Members of Harrow Borough Council’s planning committee unanimously approved proposals for the Pinner Eruv.
The plans will mean the construction of 44 poles around the Pinner and Hatch End area, with boundaries stretching from Village Way near Rayners Lane to Grimsdyke Road.
An eruv is a defined area within which religious Jews are permitted to do things otherwise prohibited on the Sabbath.
Ian Abrahams, who helped submit the application, said: “The eruv will be of great benefit to Jewish people who will, in compliance with the observance of the Sabbath from sunset on Friday until nightfall on Saturday, then be able to carry permitted personal objects in the public domain.”
There are about 1,000 members of the Jewish community in Pinner, who will benefit from the eruv.
Council planning officers concluded the new eruv would be a “benefit to members of the local Jewish community and have no unduly detrimental impacts upon the wider community or the character and appearance of the area."
Harrow council has previously granted planning permission to similar schemes across the borough including Belmont and in Stanmore for the edge of the Bushey eruv in Hertfordshire.
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