Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) has been granted permission to take its judicial review case to the Court of Appeal. The Appeal Court has decided that the High Court’s decision in July 2025 to uphold the GLA’s decision to grant the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) planning permission requires legal scrutiny. The planning permission granted by London’s Deputy Mayor which is under challenge gave the go-ahead for the AELTC to build on the former public Wimbledon Park golf course,

Late on November 3rd Lord Gus O’Donnell, a director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) was forced to drop his proposed amendment 250 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill after receiving strong criticism from peers of all political parties. The amendment sought retrospectively to remove 45 years’ worth of public rights over open spaces, effectively favouring private landowners in general and AELTC in particular. It would have undone 150 years of statutory protectio

Below are 2 briefing notes (a short bullet point briefing and a longer form briefing) about a proposal to remove vested public rights by retrospective legislation which favours a private landowner. It sweeps away 150 years of Parliamentary protection of public open space in public ownership as a valuable community asset. We urge all members of the House of Lords to reject this cynical and unconstitutional amendment.

Please see this letter from Paul Kohler MP to The Telegraph :

A proposed amendment change (Amendment Number 250) to appear after clause 108 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill is to be discussed next week in the House of Lords on Monday (Oct 27) or Wednesday (Oct 29), proposed by Lords Banner, Grabiner, O’Donnell and Pannick. This would potentially have a profound impact on the development proposed by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) not to mention countless other open spaces designated for public use and recreation. In addi

August 22, 2025. SWP has applied for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal. Mr Justice Saini’s judgment in July (on SWP’s request...

Supporters' Bulletin no. (9) 21 July 2025 - |Supporters of this campaign will be disappointed to learn ... Supporters of this campaign...

Supporters’ Bulletin no. (8), 10 July 2025 - The long-anticipated hearing of SWP's Judicial Review... The long-anticipated hearing of...

A campaign group fighting against ‘unlawful’ plans to expand the Wimbledon tennis grounds will take its case to the High Court next week....

Supporters’ Bulletin no. (7) - 10 June 2025. As our supporters will by now be aware, there are two court cases currently in progress between SWP and The All England Lawn Tennis Club. One relates to planning – seeking Judicial Review (JR) of the decision of the GLA to grant planning permission for the AELTC development on the former golf course land in Wimbledon Park. Those proceedings are still due to be heard in the High Court on 8 and 9 July 2025. The other case relates to

In their latest Community Newsletter the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), have expressed their frustration at what they say is the...

We are organising a further Public Meeting in Wimbledon town centre on June 16th, 1930 - 2130 - please come along to get the latest...

There are two court cases currently in progress concerning the AELTC’s proposed development on the former golf course land in Wimbledon...

AELTC Planning Application: a Short History: This article was published by the Wimbledon Society: In July 2021 the AELTC submitted a...

Further to our news post of 3rd January 2025 where SWP had applied for a Judicial Review of the GLA planning decision : Surprisingly...

When in September 2024 the GLA decided to approve the plans of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to develop Wimbledon Park, the...

The Wimbledon Society has released a statement and a copy of a letter to Merton Council Leader Ross Garrod , correcting Merton Council's...

See the text and image below of the Letter from Paul Kohler MP to Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, urging him to reject planning...

The following email was sent from Save Wimbledon Park to GLA planning officers and copied to Jules Pipe on 27 September 2024, 9:30am (the...

On 19th September 2024 the officers of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Planning Department published their report on the AELTC plans...