An Ealing Council meeting has resulted in a specific wildlife protection order to be given to the whole of Warren Nature Farm.
The area has now been designated as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR).
Public backlash in the form of an ongoing campaign and petition drawing over 25,000 signatures, has been met with official Local Nature Reserve (LNR) designation from Ealing Council.
Ealing Council not only awarded the status, but on 27 February entirely reversed their plans set out in their January 2023 report to place sport pitches on the reserve’s rewilded green spaces.
Katie Boyles, a Warren Nature Farm Reserve campaign organiser, said:
“We are delighted that Ealing Council has agreed to designate Warren Farm as a Local Nature Reserve. Credit to the council for taking stock and reversing plans that would have been hugely environmentally damaging”.
The sports facilities will be relocated.
What is a Local Nature Reserve and why has it been awarded?
An LNR status site must be of importance for wildlife, geology, education or public enjoyment. Control lies with the local authority, and the primary aim is to care for the natural features that make the site important.
It also gives it an added layer of protection against damaging protections, like Ealing Council’s initial plan for area.
The area is a 61-acre urban meadow, that has been rewilded over the past 10 years. The reserve and the surrounding Brent River Park Meadows are home to many ecologically important plant and animal species.
The area has recently raised awareness of their Skylark population and across the UK have faced habitat degradation. This has led to a decline in numbers. According to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), it is red listed under their UK Birds of Conservation Concern.
Ensuring the future of Warren Farm
On the site, Ealing Council have said “Warren Farm has a strategically important role to play as part of the Council’s Climate Action strategy through the restoration of natural habitats. Increasing biodiversity and providing space for nature to re-establish itself.”
Further to that it “has the potential to become the best rewilding scheme nationwide”.
The Mayor of London declared a Climate Emergency, and with less than 2% of our national wildflower meadows left, the need to protect the remaining meadows is critical.
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StandfirstEaling Council has gone one step further to protect all of Warren Nature Farm following a cabinet meeting.
An Ealing Council meeting has resulted in a specific wildlife protection order to be given to the whole of Warren Nature Farm.
The area has now been designated as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR).
Public backlash in the form of an ongoing campaign and petition drawing over 25,000 signatures, has been met with official Local Nature Reserve (LNR) designation from Ealing Council.
Ealing Council not only awarded the status, but on 27 February entirely reversed their plans set out in their January 2023 report to place sport pitches on the reserve’s rewilded green spaces.
Katie Boyles, a Warren Nature Farm Reserve campaign organiser, said:
“We are delighted that Ealing Council has agreed to designate Warren Farm as a Local Nature Reserve. Credit to the council for taking stock and reversing plans that would have been hugely environmentally damaging”.
The sports facilities will be relocated.
What is a Local Nature Reserve and why has it been awarded?
An LNR status site must be of importance for wildlife, geology, education or public enjoyment. Control lies with the local authority, and the primary aim is to care for the natural features that make the site important.
It also gives it an added layer of protection against damaging protections, like Ealing Council’s initial plan for area.
The area is a 61-acre urban meadow, that has been rewilded over the past 10 years. The reserve and the surrounding Brent River Park Meadows are home to many ecologically important plant and animal species.
The area has recently raised awareness of their Skylark population and across the UK have faced habitat degradation. This has led to a decline in numbers. According to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), it is red listed under their UK Birds of Conservation Concern.
Ensuring the future of Warren Farm
On the site, Ealing Council have said “Warren Farm has a strategically important role to play as part of the Council’s Climate Action strategy through the restoration of natural habitats. Increasing biodiversity and providing space for nature to re-establish itself.”
Further to that it “has the potential to become the best rewilding scheme nationwide”.
The Mayor of London declared a Climate Emergency, and with less than 2% of our national wildflower meadows left, the need to protect the remaining meadows is critical.
