Barnet Council has approved plans to turn Mill Hill Garden Centre into a primary school, despite protests from local residents.
The proposal to turn the Wyevale centre into a Jewish free school, called Etz Chaim Primary School, was approved at a meeting on July 20.
The school is an academy and is one of the first 'free schools' to be established in the UK under the Government's plans to give parents more input in their children's education.
A local action group collected more than 3,000 signatures against the application, with a further 2,500 sending rejection letters.
Local resident Zoe Samuelson told
DIY Week last month: "The residents are absolutely fine with the principle of having a free school in the area but totally against the garden centre being removed. It's a garden centre that's widely used by elderly disabled residents, including adults with learning disabilities. It would be such a terrible, terrible shame if it's lost to the community."
However, despite local opposition, the development is now set to go ahead.