Wandsworth Refuses The AELTC Development Proposals Iain Simpson, Chair Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) said, “This result is very heartening. ...

The Guardian 18 Nov 2023 | Rupert Neath Wimbledon poised for tense match as council votes on ‘industrial tennis complex’ "Forget the tennis. A much bigger match will take place in Wimbledon next week as the All England Lawn Tennis Club takes on another local council over its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium on a Grade II*-listed park. The AELTC will on Tuesday night attempt to convince Wandsworth’s planning committee to vote through its proposal to build the 10-storey show

Prinate Eye, November 2023 Wimbledon fraught night "Wimbledon fraught night: Wimbledon residents are drawing up battle plans following...

The Save Wimbledon Park campaign has beenin the newspapers, TV and radio again regarding the Wandsworth planning committee meeting to be...

London x London, 7th November 2023 | Culture | By Alastair Reid Schanche "Plans to eat into Wimbledon Park in order to expand the tennis...

"Today we’re taking you to Wimbledon, where the bosses of the tennis championships have been fighting a decades-long battle to take control of the Capability Brown-designed park next door to add 39 more courts to the tournament. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) dream to expand the championships site across Church Road have moved a step closer after its plans for the Wimbledon Park development were approved at a sometimes high-tempered, marathon council planning meeti

The Save Wimbledon Park campaign was in the newspapers, TV and radio many times around the time of the Merton planning committee meeting...

This press release is the Save Wimbledon Park response to the Merton planning meeting held on 26 October 2023: Iain Simpson, Chair...

Please read this Save Wimbledon Park press release regarding the Merton Planning Committee meeting to be held on 26 October 2023 at the...

The Standard, 17 October 2023 . Matt Majendie "Campaigners Confident of Blocking Wimbledon Expansion Despite Early Blow" "Opponents of Wimbledon’s ambitious expansion plans are confident they can still block them from going through despite effectively losing round one to the All England Club . On Monday, planning officers recommended Merton Council’s planning committee grant permission for an 8,000-seater show court and 38 other grass courts on the former Wimbledon Park Golf

The Wimbledon Society have recently updated their listing of media coverage about the AELTC’s plans for Wimbledon Park and Golf Course.

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...