Campaigners have been granted an oral hearing to determine the need for judicial review of plans on Warren Farm, but the leader of the council does not feel threatened.
Save Warren Farm campaigners celebrated on Monday (April 1) after being told there would be a hearing to decide if review surrounding Ealing Council’s plans for QPR to build an elite training centre and academy on the site is necessary.
The oral hearing will take place on June 24 at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand.
Carolyn Brown, Chair of Hanwell Community Forum, said: “The council intends to lease our land for 200 years, at no rental income; QPR will take two thirds of the land for their own benefit, leaving the community with only a third of the land, no adult full size pitches, and insufficient smaller pitches to be able to run the major sports tournaments for schools and clubs which have been held there for the last 10 years.”
Councillor Julian Bell, leader of the council, said: “The council has secured a fantastic deal for local people as QPR has pledged millions into developing community sporting facilities at Warren Farm, so to suggest we get nothing from this scheme is simply untrue.
“Not only will Warren Farm have some of the best community sporting facilities in London, they will be maintained and replaced at no cost to the public purse.
“I am confident that, for the second time, the high court will reject all claims made by Hanwell Community Forum and rule in the council’s favour.”
