There was significant press and media interest in the Southfields public meeting held on 12 September 2024. Here are a selection of the...

26 July 2023 Private Eye: Did the All England club grasp the opportunity to build better relations with it's neghbours ? Far from it !...

3 July 2023. By Felix Keith , Sports Reporter Inside the bitter argument for Wimbledon's future raging behind the scenes in SW19 "Everything looks normal as Wimbledon opens its door to spectators for the Championships, but battle lines have been drawn between the All England Club and its neighbours. What could be more English than Wimbledon, strawberries and cream and Pimms in the weak summer sunshine? How about a bitter row over a planning application?" ...read more

Forbes (online): 3rd July 2023 Tim Ellis , Contributor. "I am a freelance sports writer specializing in cricket and tennis" Wimbledon's Expansion Creates Break Point ... "Wimbledon is the oldest major in tennis, first played in 1877 when Spencer Gore beat William Marshall in front of a crowd of 200. The spectators had paid a shilling (10 cents) to watch. In 2022, income from the tournament soared to almost 347m ($438m), a sharp increase of almost 20 per cent from the 2019 re

By Simon Briggs , Tennis Correspondent. 30 June 2023 Wimbledon Golf Course Cold War (paywall) "No end in sight to Wimbledon's bitter golf course row" "A mini-Wimbledon". That was how Eugine Bouchard, finalist at Wimbledon properin 204, described this year's qualifyin event at the Community Sport Centre in Roehampton. "It felt like a real official professional tournamentW she said. "Far more so than it did in the past." ...read more (paywall)

By Glen Keogh, 4 June 2023 (paywall) "A court case from Shropshire has been siezed upon in the fight against the All England Club's 'industrial' development". Tweeted by Fleur Anderson MP: "Today the Sunday Times covered the growing campaign to save Wimbledon Park from the 8,000 seater tennis stadium development. I met with @glen_keogh at the Park with local residents to talk about the plans. Our London green spaces are precious." "It is a sunny morning in the bar area on

2 June 2023, WimbledonSW19.com "Opposition is mounting to the controversial proposal by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to develop a new stadium and court complex on Wimbledon Park. The AELTC wants to build an 8,000-seat stadium along with 38 courts and 10 ancillary buildings to host the annual Wimbledon tennis championships. But a petition expressing opposition to the scheme has now received nearly 12,000 signatures, and Wandsworth council has also received more than 1,150

The London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies, May 2023 Newsletter: (London Forum AELTC Controversial Plans) "Wimbledon Society’s Chris...

Please see this media briefing note: THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ‘DAY V SHROPSHIRE’ (March 2023) HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR...

By Simon Briggs, Tennis Correspondent 19 April 2023 "The All England Club’s proposed expansion into neighbouring Wimbledon Park Golf Club...

By MIKE DICKSON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 20 April 2023 " Wimbledon is facing yet another delay to its major 38-court expansion plans The latest planning meeting involving the local councils has been postponed It seems likely the situation will not be resolved before 2023 tournament in July Wimbledon is facing yet another delay to its major expansion plans onto a neighbouring former golf course after its latest planning meeting involving local councils was postponed. And i

Friday 21 April, City AM , Matt Hardy "Wimbledon’s 38-court expansion plan has been delayed yet again after the latest planning meeting was postponed. The proposed expansion would see the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) – which at present is around 40 acres – nearly triple in size to over 110 acres using land from the nearby Wimbledon Park Golf Club. It appears as if the latest planning meeting, which involves the local Merton and Wandsworth councils, has been postpo

This article in Private Eye sets out the latest position on a walkway around Wimbledon Park Lake,, which is an existing commitment from...

14 April 2023, WimbledonSW19 : Both Merton and Wandsworth to consider AELTC Proposals This Month "The controversial proposal by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to develop a new stadium and court complex on Wimbledon Park are set to be discussed at two planning meetings. The borough planning committees of both Merton and Wandsworth are both expected to have the associated applications on their agenda in the last week of April. AELTC want to build an 8,000-seat stadium along w

Private Eye, 3-16 March 2023 (Tweeted by Fleur Anderson MP) "The All England Lawn Tennis Club's publicity machine is lobbying hard for...

Sports Pro Media. 24 February 2023. Josh Sim "Local council hearings on AELTC’s proposals now scheduled for late April. Wimbledon Park...

The Telegraph, 24 February 2023 (Twitter Link) Even if plans are approved to build on the neighbouring golf club the case is highly...

The Mail Online, 24 February 2023. By Mike Dickinson Wimbledon’s problematic expansion project will finally be heard by local councils in April... but the scheme - which is already a year behind schedule- could yet be hit with MORE delays Wimbledon’s application for its historic expansion will finally be heard in April Planning meetings to consider the application have been continually delayed All England Club want to expand onto neighbouring golf course Wimbledon Park Wimble

The Times, 23 February 2023 . Stuart Fraser, Tennis Correspondent. " The largest expansion in Wimbledon history faces further delays into the 2030s after it emerged that the planning application will not be heard until April at the earliest. Four years after purchasing the adjacent Wimbledon Park Golf Club for £65 million, the All England Club are still navigating the process of receiving permission from both Merton and Wandsworth councils. More than 1,000 objections have be

Evening Standard, 8 February 2023, By Matt Majendie @mattmajendie "In-depth look at the ‘David vs Goliath’ battle over tennis...