Campaigners are planning to bid for Warren Farm sports ground after QPR's owner said he was growing tired of the legal battle to take over part of the site.

It was announced last week that QPR may be on the verge of ditching plans for a new training ground in the Southall site.

The scheme has been hobbled from the outset by the Hanwell Community Forum (HCF) which continues to fight tooth and nail to preserve the area. QPR may now plan to develop their existing site at Harlington Imperial College Grounds instead.

HCF have welcomed the news and outlined their plan to have Warren Farm designated as an asset of community value under the Localism Act. The forum want to work with Ealing Council to identify grants and funding to build a sports pavilion which would service the ground's full 61 acres.

HCF chairwoman Carolyn Brown said: "We absolutely welcome the news that QPR are thinking twice about using Warren Farm for a new training ground. We’re delighted the area may yet be saved. Our concerns have centred around 61 acres of public land worth £31.5million, yet valued by Ealing Council at between £1.8 and £2.5m, being handed over to a commercial organisation for 200 years rent free.

“If this community use land goes to QPR, two thirds of it will be for exclusive use of the football club. We will also end up with sports facilities not designed for sensitive metropolitan open land and public green spaces. The buildings would end up looking more suited to Heathrow than a leafy park. A multi-use sports facility like The Hub, designed for sensitive metropolitan land and built in Regent’s Park costing £3m, is a preferable and very feasible option for Warren Farm."

Even though HCF lost a High Court challenge earlier this year the group intend to fight on.

QPR's plan was to spend £6m on Warren Farm, but chairman Tony Fernandes is losing patience. He said: “I’ve got to admit we may need to move on. I’m a little bit tired of judicial reviews and this and that, and we can’t stand still.”

“We’re going to have a board meeting in a few months to decide, but if I was a betting man I’d say we'd be here at Harlington. It’s only a few complaining - but it doesn’t take many to stop the process. I think we could win at Warren Farm, but now we’ve got another option, and I’ve got to the stage where I’ll wait for no-one any more.”

An Ealing Council spokeswoman said: “Ealing Council  is keen to see what will be a great facility for both QPR and our residents and is continuing to work with the club now that the judicial review has been resolved and planning permission is in place.”