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The Save Wimbledon Park Group Continues its Fight With AELTC Over Their Development Proposals
Following the decision by the GLA on September 27 to allow planning to proceed on the heritage parkland, the campaign group, first...
Nov 16, 2024


Clapham Junction Insider: City Hall approves the controversial Wimbledon Tennis Club expansion, but legal challenges loom
Clapham Junction Insider | 28 October 2024 | Cyril Richert " On Friday 27 September, Jules Pipe, London’s Deputy Mayor for Planning,...
Nov 3, 2024


Architect's Journal: Astragal: Coronation Street’s Lily Dempsey rallies to save Wimbledon Park
Architect's Journal | 25 October 2024 | Astragal "A former TV soap star has kicked up a racquet over Allies and Morrison’s Wimbledon expansion plans" "Thelma Ruby, who appeared as Lily Dempsey in ITV’s Coronation Street in the 90s, is now the star of the Save Wimbledon Park campaign. She says she is ready to rally over the ‘evil plan’, insisting she will chain herself to a tree and face arrest before she sees work commence on the Grand Slam site. The All England Lawn Tennis
Oct 30, 2024


Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'
Mail Online | 16 October 2024 | Lettice Bromovsky "An actress has declared that she will chain herself to a tree to prevent the All England Club from carrying out a £200million expansion on the tennis courts at Wimbledon. Thelma Ruby, who has appeared in Coronation Street and on stage alongside Orson Welles and Judi Dench, has lived in a penthouse flat on Wimbledon Hill Road for over three decades. But now the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has had plans ap
Oct 16, 2024


The I: Three ways angry residents hope to scupper Wimbledon’s £200m expansion
The i | 3rd October 2024 | James Gray “The All England Club’s £200m plans to expand Wimbledon with an additional 39 grass courts and...
Oct 7, 2024


The Standard: Campaigners consider legal action in bid to 'fight on' against Wimbledon expansion
The Standard | 30th September 2024 | Noah Vickers " The plan, which won permission from City Hall last week, will see 39 new tennis...
Oct 1, 2024


Save Wimbledon Park Response to the Decision by the GLA Deputy Mayor for Planning to Approve the AELTC Planning Application
We are naturally disappointed by the decision taken on Friday by GLA Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe to accept his officer’s report and approve...
Sep 30, 2024


Extensive Coverage of the Deputy Mayor's Decision to Approve the AELTC Planning Application
There has been extensive press and other coverage of the Deputy Mayor's decision to approve the AELTC's planning application to build...
Sep 28, 2024


Press Coverage of the GLA Planning Officers' Stage 3 Report Ahead of the Hearing into the AELTC Planning Application on 27th September
The GLA's (Greater London Authority's) Stage 3 report into the AELTC Planning Application to build on Grade II* Heritage Wimbledon Park,...
Sep 21, 2024


The Standard: Wimbledon expansion Showdown date set for plans to triple footprint of tennis championships
The Standard | 10th September 2024 | Noah Vickers "The fate of a plan to almost triple the footprint of the Wimbledon Tennis...
Sep 9, 2024


MyLondon: Wimbledon residents fear 8 years of tennis expansion disruption and overwhelmed Tube stations
MyLondon | 17 August 2024 | Harrison Galliven Local Democracy Reporter “We’re not anti-tennis.” To anyone who has interacted with the...
Aug 16, 2024


NRC: Wimbledon versus the neighbourhood: a five-setter in the making
(translated from original Dutch article in NRC) NRC | 4 July 2024 | Danielle Pinedo "Wimbledon announced in 2021 that the tennis...
Jul 25, 2024


Zeit Online: How Wimbledon wants to stay the most important tennis tournament in the world
Zeit Online | 13 July 2024 | Florian Goosmann (Translated) (This article has been translated from the original German publication)...
Jul 23, 2024


Time & Leisure: Save Wimbledon Park Campaign Continues
Time & Leisure | 22 July 2024 | Ellie Holmes "Susan Cusack, SW19 resident and one of the spokespersons for Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) on...
Jul 23, 2024


Le Matin Dimanche: Wimbledon, the Green Giant that Angers its Neighbours
Read the article from Swiss publication Le Matin Dimanche, originally published July 7th 2024.
Jul 11, 2024


The Telegraph: Wimbledon Hit by Protests on Opening Day
The Telegraph | 1 July 2024 "Campaigners against Wimbledon's expansion...protests as bumper crowd's arrived for the opening day's...
Jul 2, 2024


The Independent: Inside the years-long contentious planning row at Wimbledon
The Independent | 1 July 2024 | Joe Middleton "...AELTC bought the lease for the neighbouring Wimbledon Park Golf Club for a reported £65m in 2018, and has ambitious plans for the site, which also incorporates Wimbledon Park Lake. It wants to build 38 new courts, including a third show court with a seating capacity of 8,000 and a retractable roof, as well as designated north and south player hubs..." read more about The Independent: Inside the years-long contentious planning
Jul 2, 2024


The Guardian: Artists Target Wimbledon’s ‘Strawberries and Cream Image’ Over Link to Barclays
The Guardian | 1 July 2024 | Sammy Gecsoyler Spoof ads with tennis players appear near club in protest against sponsor’s ties to fossil fuels and arms companies "Hundreds of ads on commercial billboards, the tube and bus shelters near Wimbledon have been replaced with artwork taking aim at the tournament’s sponsorship with Barclays over its ties to fossil fuels and companies supplying arms to Israel." ... read more about Artists Target Wimbledon’s ‘Strawberries and Cream Ima
Jul 2, 2024


Financial Times: Wimbledon Seeks Advantage in Quest to Expand Prestigious Site
Financial Times | 30 June 2024 (Paywall) This article is behind a paywall: "Wimbledon Seeks Advantage in Quest to Expand Prestigious Site".
Jun 30, 2024


The Mirror: Wimbledon Future Unclear Amid Argument Over Expansion Plans As Mayor of London Steps In
The Mirror | 30 June 2024 | Felix Keith "All eyes will be on the courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club when Wimbledon returns for a...
Jun 30, 2024
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