Our recent public meetings in Southfields and Wimbledon were very well attended – thank you to everyone who joined us. At the meetings, we provided an update on progress and the legal situation in opposing the current plans put forward by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). We continue to believe that AELTC should pause and reconsider its proposals. Local architect Ken McFarlane and tennis “master planner” Richard Rees presented their alternative proposals for the forme

Putney News 26th April 2026 Kieren McCarthy The architect who designed Wimbledon in the 1990s on what the approved expansion gets wrong, and how to fix it. This week, Richard Rees stood up in St Mark’s Church in Wimbledon and told 150 supporters of the Save Wimbledon Park movement what he thought of the All England Club’s approved plans to expand the world’s most famous tennis tournament. He was not polite. Rees is not a campaigner or a local resident. He is what is termed a

YOU ARE INVITED TO A PUBLIC MEETING: Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) would like to update you on progress made in opposing the current plans put forward by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC): SWP believes that AELTC should stop and think again. It’s been a busy few weeks with court cases and the intervention of the House Of Lords, whilst still to come are the local elections and their impact on the restrictive 1993 covenants. There is much to say! At these meetings local arch

Putney News | 20 March 2026 | Kieren McCarthy Planning challenge, Lords amendment and Merton covenant all unresolved after Thursday’s ruling. "The All England Lawn Tennis Club won yesterday’s High Court ruling by a wider margin than almost anyone expected. But Save Wimbledon Park’s response, issued within hours, reveals a fight that now has more fronts than a single court case, and one of those fronts moves to the House of Lords within weeks. Yesterday’s judgment resolved on

Save Wimbledon Park Ltd. | Press Release | 19 March 2026 There was disappointment for Save Wimbledon Park Ltd (SWP) and its supporters as the High Court ruled that the golf course land in Wimbledon Park is not subject to a statutory public recreation trust (under the Public Health Act 1875). Accordingly, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is not bound by any restrictions, resulting from such trust, which might impede the massive expansion of its estate onto that land.

Putney News | 17 March 2026 | Kieren McCarthy A court, the Lords, purdah and a May election are all reaching their climax at once. "Leader of Wandsworth Council, Simon Hogg, issued a statement on Friday urging the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to reconsider its plans to build on Wimbledon Park. Save Wimbledon Park was delighted. The AELTC has not responded, in large part because they know he has no power to compel them to do anything. That is not a criticism of Hogg’s

Clapham Junction Insider Newsletter Q1 2026 | 14 March 2026 | Cyril Richert (Extract from newsletter published with kind permission of Clapham Junction Insider) "...the long-running dispute over the Wimbledon tennis club expansion returned to court in January. This time, the argument centres over the existence of a statutory trust that the club may have overlooked, and which could yet block the entire development. And the legal saga is far from over: another appeal hearing is

Wandsworth.Gov.UK | 13 March 2026 "Leader of Wandsworth Council speaks on AELTC proposal" Council Leader Simon Hogg said: "“This proposal by AELTC (All England Lawn Tennis Club) to over-commercialise this neighbourhood for a tournament that lasts a few weeks each summer, at the expense of green space used by local residents every day of the year, is not what our community wants. “Wandsworth Council has opposed this development from the start. We urge the AELTC to suspend its

House Of Lords: Call A Spade A Spade (All quotes from Hansard) You will recall that back in November 2025 Lord Gus O’Donnell (director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, AELTC) together with Lord Banner, Lord Grabiner and Lord Pannick attempted to insert a clause into the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which would have neutralised the legal case mounted by Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) to oppose AELTC’s plans to build on Wimbledon Park. The clause was Not Put in the face of c

See this Save Wimbledon Park briefing note on Amendment 222C to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill :

See this briefing from the Open Spaces Society on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, Lords Grand Committee, amendment 222C.

Putney News | 16 February 2026 | Kieren McCarthy "Same peers, new bill, same mechanism abandoned three months ago." "Two peers who previously co-sponsored an amendment with an AELTC board member have tabled a fresh attempt to override open space protections for parks across England, three months after t heir first effort was abandoned following cross-party opposition in the House of Lords. Amendment 222C to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill would create