With thanks to Peter Damage who gave us the scoop yesterday. This is now on the Offic: High Court judge rejects application for a judicial review ... QPR and Ealing Council have welcomed news that a High Court judge has rejected an application for a judicial review of the multi-million pound redevelopment of Warren Farm sports ground. The application to seek a judicial review was refused by Mr Justice Lewis who rejected all claims made by Hanwell Community Forum. The judge also confirmed that the council acted appropriately in granting QPR planning permission to redevelop the site and awarded QPRâs costs of £5,000 against Hanwell Community Forum. The community group now has a week in which to seek an oral hearing to ask that the judgeâs decision is reconsidered. Councillor Julian Bell, leader of the council, said: âWe are pleased with the High Courtâs decision to reject the application for a judicial review and, with QPR set to invest millions of pounds into the community sports facilities, Iâm confident weâve secured the best deal for local people. âOnce the site is up-and-running, QPR will implement a significant community sports development programme focuses on encouraging local people, particularly young women, older people and people with disabilities, to get involved in sport. The club will also be responsible for on-going maintenance of the new facilities, with no cost to taxpayers or the council.â QPRâs Chief Operating Officer, Mark Donnelly, said: âWe are pleased with the outcome from the High Court and welcome the news that the application for a judicial review has been rejected. âWe look forward to continue working closely with Ealing Council on this project.â Under the plans, QPR will build a new multi-million pound community sports complex alongside its elite training facility, which will provide a base for the clubâs training academy as well as give local people access to high-quality community and sports facilities. The improvements will also include enhanced football and cricket pitches, a new artificial turf pitch and multi-use games areas suitable for sports such as netball and tennis. There will be a new changing facilities catering for disabled users, as well as bookable community space in the new clubhouse. Read more at http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/200314-warren-farm-update-1430883.aspx#LHqDGjbjXs7yG9Kl.99
Good, that land has been wasted for years. At last something positie being done with it. Sultan or Brunei lives just across the road. I wonder if we can get him involved with an ST or just bung us a few billion ?
Look at the picture above "QPR get the green light". It looks amazing! http://www1.skysports.com/football/teams/queensparkrangers
I am fairly certain that is a 'picture' of the new stadium and not Warren Farm. Warren Farm will not be as developed as that. More sloppy journalism!
Picked up by the BBC too now. 23 March 2014 Last updated at 19:46 GMT Judge rejects review over QPR plans please log in to view this image Campaigners have collected 900 signatures from people against the plans A High Court judge has rejected requests to review the multi-million pound development of a north-west London sports ground. Save Warren Farm campaigners wanted the review of plans to sign over 61 acres (25 hectares) of public land to Queens Park Rangers football club. Residents in Ealing said they would be losing public open space. Ealing Council, which owns the site, said the plan would see a new community sports facility for the area. At a hearing on Thursday, the judge said the council had acted appropriately in granting QPR planning permission to redevelop the site. Campaigners say the part of Warren Farm Playing Fields left for community use would be inadequate for the large sports tournaments held there by local schools. The chairman of Ealing Civic Society, Robert Gurd, said: "Instead of being sensitively designed to fit in with its surroundings, the proposed buildings would jar like a very bulky warehouse in the countryside." Training academy Ealing Council said the site was practically derelict. It said alongside the QPR training academy, a multi-million pound sports facility would be built to give local people access to "high quality community and sports facilities." That would include better football and cricket pitches, a new artificial turf pitch, and a multi-use games area suitable for sports such as netball, said the council. Carolyn Brown, chairwoman of one of the groups opposing the plan, Hanwell Community Forum, said: "They are knocking down a derelict sports pavilion, nobody can argue with that. "But this building is surrounded by a lot of public land well used by the community. "A fence is being built around this land, essentially controlling when the public can enter." Campaigners are now preparing papers calling for a hearing to ask that the judge's decision is reconsidered. They have until Tuesday to file the request with the High Court. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26704878?
It sure does! Great wordplay (not) on their posters "Boris, show Ealing Council the red card" "This is offside!" Hilarious
At least that blonde kid in the middle has got the sense to hide her face! Also, if they drag this on, I really hope the club takes the bigger costs awarded and gives it to the QPR in the community group just to rub it in.
