Campaigners have been given the go-ahead to bring a High Court challenge to football club Queens Park Rangers’ plans for a new training centre in Southall.
Mr Justice Ouseley granted permission for a judicial review claim to proceed in respect of the London Borough of Ealing’s decision to approve development at Warren Farm, which a campaign group says will take more than 40 acres of open land away from public use.
The judge ruled that a representative of the Save Warren Farm campaign had an arguable case on one of her grounds of challenge, justifying a full judicial review hearing at a later date.
Championship side QPR sees the training facility, which includes controversial plans to level the site with landfill, as vital to the club’s future.
But the campaign group says that the site, a former sports ground that currently houses dilapidated buildings formerly used as changing rooms, is used for public recreation and is highly valued by local people.
Lawyers representing the borough and QPR had argued that permission should be refused for the claim to proceed.
The Queen on the application of Brown v London Borough Of Ealing Planning Court (Ouseley J) 15 November 2016
Campaigners have been given the go-ahead to bring a High Court challenge to football club Queens Park Rangers’ plans for a new training centre in Southall.Mr Justice Ouseley granted permission for a judicial review claim to proceed in respect of the London Borough of Ealing’s decision to approve development at Warren Farm, which a campaign group says will take more than 40 acres of open land away from public use.The judge ruled that a representative of the Save Warren Farm campaign had an arguable case on one of her grounds of challenge, justifying a full judicial review hearing at a later date.Championship side QPR sees the training facility, which includes controversial plans to level the site with landfill, as vital to the club’s future.But the campaign group says that the site, a former sports ground that currently houses dilapidated buildings formerly used as changing rooms, is used for public recreation and is highly valued by local people.
Lawyers representing the borough and QPR had argued that permission should be refused for the claim to proceed.
The Queen on the application of Brown v London Borough Of Ealing Planning Court (Ouseley J) 15 November 2016
