 The "Uxbridge Gazette" reported on 24 April 2013 that London's Mayor Boris Johnson, who at the beginning of the year had raised major concerns about the idea of building on Lake Farm, would not intervene in Council plans to build a school on three hectares of green belt land, at the eastern end of Lake Farm Country Park.The Mayor's approval infuriated John McDonnell MP, who called it a "disgraceful betrayal of our local community.