A family running a prize-winning farm that could be sold to make way for housing and a country park say they want to invest in the site.
Father and son Michael and John O'Hara have been running the Hall and Son farming business at Pinner Park Farm for ten years.
The 230-acre site is owned by Harrow Borough Council, which has recently consulted on options for the site including the redevelopment of barns for housing and the creation of a country park.
However the proposals do not include any farming on the site.
Speaking to the Harrow Times, John O'Hara said: "I think the message we want to get out to people is that this is a working farm and we want to stay here and invest in the farm.
"That includes all the buildings on the site and we are all for opening up the area more to the public.
"We are willing to work with anyone to stay here and make this work. We just want to have a dialogue about the farm's future, but we just haven't had that yet.
"The whole reason we are here in the first place is for the farm and we have already invested a huge amount in the site.
"What may surprise people is that we have a working farm in London with bulls winning prizes in national competitions."
In recent years the family have spent tens of thousands on a new barn for their cattle herd, which has nearly 100 cows.
Several years ago the family drew up plans to create a community garden on the farm, that would be open to the public and schools.
John said: "We have plans for the site, but we haven't been able to act on them. There's so much we want to do here but we haven't had the chance because we have been in limbo about our future here.
"We would be absolutely devastated if we had to leave. But we have been really touched and heartened by the support we have received from the members of the public."
The consultation on proposals has now finished and the council says it will draw up a master plan based on public feedback, and hold a second consultation based on the revised proposals later this year.
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