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Post by Ashdown_Ranger on Nov 1, 2018 10:38:15 GMT
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Post by terryb on Nov 1, 2018 14:19:29 GMT
That looks like good news Ashdown.
I won't celebrate until the club confirm though!
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Post by Macmoish on Nov 1, 2018 14:32:45 GMT
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Post by rickyqpr on Nov 1, 2018 15:46:25 GMT
Seems too good to be true. Just the 7 years to get this far. Wonder what the legal fees totaled.................and who funded all those appeals.
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Post by Ashdown_Ranger on Nov 1, 2018 16:05:20 GMT
Seems too good to be true. Just the 7 years to get this far. Wonder what the legal fees totaled.................and who funded all those appeals. Ricky, if you look at the bottom of the court document, there's a suggestion that the Appellant has to pay Ealing's and QPR's costs. Not sure if it's simply for this last stage, or back to the beginning of the appeal process.
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Post by Roller on Nov 1, 2018 18:01:47 GMT
Confirmed by the club.
NEW TRAINING GROUND GETS GREEN LIGHT
Warren Farm objectors’ appeal to the Supreme Court has been rejected
Ealing Council’s defence against an appeal to the Supreme Court in relation to Warren Farm sports ground has been successful. The Supreme Court rejected the application by Hanwell Community Forum seeking permission to appeal the order made by the Court of Appeal on 23 March 2018. Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal had previously confirmed that the council acted appropriately in granting QPR planning permission. QPR is investing millions of pounds into community facilities and a comprehensive community sports programme, which will significantly improve local people’s access to sport. The council looks forward to seeing this project get off the ground so that people can start using the community facilities as quickly as possible. Councillor Julian Bell, Leader of Ealing Council, said: “The plans for Warren Farm will see millions of pounds invested in community sports facilities. “The delays to this project have been disappointing, particularly as the challenge had previously been turned down by the High Court and the Court of Appeal before the Supreme Court found in our favour this week.
“We remain committed to working alongside QPR to ensure that these plans go ahead. “I am confident that we have secured the best deal for local people at no cost to local council tax payers save for the legal costs spent defending the council’s decisions.
“Once the site is up-and-running, QPR will implement a significant community sports development programme which focuses on encouraging local people, particularly young women, older people and people with disabilities, to get involved in sport.”
QPR CEO Lee Hoos added: “We’re delighted that all legal avenues to frustrate this process have now been exhausted.
“A new training ground, which brings together the first team and the academy, is an important part of a strategic long-term plan for the club.
“The delays have been very frustrating. Not only have they delayed us securing a new training ground for the club but they have delayed the huge community benefit to residents from improved sports facilities and the programmes that QPR in the Community Trust will run at Warren Farm.
“We look forward to engaging with Ealing residents, sports clubs and the council about those facilities and programmes as construction gets underway.”
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Post by sharky on Nov 2, 2018 7:33:22 GMT
Great news. I just hope that there isn't some backdoor legal manoeuvre that the protestors can use to further frustrate the process.
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Post by rickyqpr on May 9, 2019 15:11:50 GMT
www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=eawarrenfarmskylarks0According to local environmentalists for the third year running Skylarks are nesting on land at Warren Farm - and they want controversial building plans to be halted. The 61 acre site is being leased to QPR by Ealing Council who have plans for a multi-million pound facility which will allow their first team squad and youth teams to train at the same location. They currently use shared training facilities in Harlington. Since they first raised the idea in 2013 there has been fierce resistance from local residents but a High Court decision last year cleared the way for the project to proceed. Local residents have been notified about their intention to start construction work to prepare the way for QPR's training ground. This first stage will involve 180,000m3 of soil needing to be brought to the site which the Warren Farm Sports Centre Interest Group says will result in up to 20 HGV movements per hour for up to a year beginning in June. There would be demolition work and initial work is likely to last for up to 6 weeks. However, fears have been raised that this could destroy the nests of the skylarks which conservationists say would be illegal as the birds are a protected species. Warren Farm (CGI of planned facility at Warren Farm ) Malcolm Weller from the action group Save Warren Farm has written to Ealing Council, ''This development of course cannot go ahead until the Skylarks have finished nesting in August 2019 at the earliest. Disturbing or destroying Skylark nests is illegal and must be prevented if it is known that here is an intention to do something that will disturb or destroy a Skylark nest. ''Can you please inform the developers that they are not allowed to start works on Warren Farm until after August 2019. Please also alert other departments in Ealing Council including the Legal Department so that no mistakes or errors are possible in the protection of this protected species currently thriving in Ealing Brent River Park.'' We have requested comment from Ealing Council regarding these latest developments and await a response.
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Post by Lonegunmen on May 10, 2019 6:23:50 GMT
Well if the environmentalists like birds that much, they can kiss my arse for a Lark!
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Post by Ashdown_Ranger on Feb 24, 2020 17:36:13 GMT
Sir Les interview about Warren Farm:
"Les Ferdinand says that work on QPR's new training ground will have definitely started by the beginning of the 2021/22 season.
Rangers currently use the Imperial College Sports Ground in Harlington but have permission to build a new training ground on Warren Farm in Ealing.
The decision by Ealing Council to grant permission was the subject of opposition from the Hanwell Community Forum, with the Supreme Court refusing the group permission to appeal the ruling back in November 2018.
And the director of football has revealed that the work will finally commence soon.
In an exclusive interview with the Brent & Kilburn Times, he said: "We're close to breaking ground.
"We're doing all the ecological testing that you have to do in terms of making sure there's no asbestos, making sure the grounds are up to standards and doing the things we need to do in terms of that.
"We're pretty hopeful that in a short period of time, it may not be the start of next season but certainly the start of the season after, that we will have found our home.
"The work will have definitely been started by then."
The club have also expressed a desire to leave Loftus Road to move into a bigger stadium and want to redevelop the Linford Christie Stadium in White City into a 30,000 seat community facility.
A public consultation published in June last year found that 81pc of the more than 8,000 respondents favoured a major redevelopment of the stadium, while 77pc said professional sports should be a future use of the site.
But Ferdinand admits that there is still a lot of work to do, adding: "I think that one is going to take a little bit longer than we were hoping because land is of a premium.
"To stay in and around where we are, there's not much land that's available that we can say right we're definitely going to (use it).
"We're still in discussions with people about the Linford Christie Stadium and so on and so forth in that area because that's where we want to stay, we don't want to move QPR out of the borough."
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Post by rickyqpr on Feb 24, 2020 21:00:45 GMT
Just pleased to see some communication about the training ground!
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Post by surreychad on Feb 25, 2020 10:43:46 GMT
Just pleased to see some communication about the training ground! me too.
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Post by Roller on Feb 27, 2020 19:41:29 GMT
Warren Farm is mentioned in the latest set of accounts.
"With regard to the Training Ground at Warren Farm, the Club is currently working towards discharging all the pre-commencement conditions as set out under the planning permission granted by Ealing Council. The intention is to then commence site clearance work and construction of the new training ground for the first team and academy. The facility will also include community facilities and a comprehensive community sport programme, which will significantly improve the local residents’ access to sport."
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Post by harr on Feb 27, 2020 21:24:58 GMT
Warren Farm is mentioned in the latest set of accounts. "With regard to the Training Ground at Warren Farm, the Club is currently working towards discharging all the pre-commencement conditions as set out under the planning permission granted by Ealing Council. The intention is to then commence site clearance work and construction of the new training ground for the first team and academy. The facility will also include community facilities and a comprehensive community sport programme, which will significantly improve the local residents’ access to sport." I must say I think it’s great to get this land as a bit of selfish QPR supporter that I am knowing we need to get ourselves a new training ground I’m pleased and hopeful. I do also feel sorry for the local residents that walk over that land and have a little green belt on there doorstep to walk the dog. As I’m sure some of us would feel exactly the same if it was building going up right next to us. Where I live more and more gets built on and it’s blimmin disheartening to say the least.
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