Ealing council is facing a legal challenge from a local group opposed to the plans for the new QPR training to be built on run down sports fields at Warren Farm.
Hanwell Community Forum has served papers against the council, raising a number of objections.
The council is standing by its decision, made in April, to grant planning permission for the club’s proposal to build a full multi-purpose Elite Training Facility and Community Sports Complex on the Warren Farm site.
The council has produced papers responding to every argument raised by objectors.
One paper(see document vial link below) given to us by a local councillor, spells out how the proposals will improve facilities for local people.
It will provide the community with new changing rooms, improved pitches, a floodlit artificial grass pitch, a café, a multi-use games area with markings for tennis and netball, artificial cricket facilities and space for grass pitches that can be marked out for sports, including mini, junior, youth and adult sized pitches.
The council says that the proposed facilities will significantly enhance the opportunities and experiences of those who use the site in the future. The site will be used by the community for 30 activities from archery to yoga. It says this will include activities for people with disabilities, women and teenage girls and older people as part of a community sports development programme.
An article in a building magazine has suggested the construction company that built Spurs’ new training facilities is lined up to build the QPR facilities at Warren Farm. We hope the council is successful in arguing the case that the project will offer substantial benefits to local residents so that work can begin as soon as possible.
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