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Save Wimbledon Park Response (January 2024) to AELTC Christmas 2023 Update
16 January 2024 | Save Wimbledon Park Dear Planning at GLA, Wandsworth and Merton, We wish to highlight the fact that residents in...
Jan 16, 2024


Belvedere Estate Residents' Association (BERA) Objection for GLA Stage 2 re Application to Develop Wimbledon Park Golf Course
16 January 2024 | Belveder Estate Residents' Association The Belvedere Estate RA has been established for over 60 years and covers 26...
Jan 16, 2024


Critique of the AELTC Wimbledon Park Proposals - Richard Rees RIBA
16 January 2024 Richard is a Tennis Masterplanner who has created a succession of successful International Tennis venues. He is a Tennis...
Jan 16, 2024


Parkside Residents' Association (PRA): Objection of PRA for GLA Stage 2 re Application to Develop Wimbledon Park Golf Course
Parkside Residents' Association | 10 January 2024 Objection of PRA for GLA Stage 2 Application to develop Wimbledon Park Golf Course...
Jan 14, 2024


Objection of CPRE London for GLA Stage 2 re AELTC Planning Application 21/P2900
12 January 2024 | CPRE London Objection of CPRE London for GLA Stage 2 Re: AELTC application to develop Wimbledon Park Golf Course:...
Jan 14, 2024


Courting Environmental Disaster !
“Courting Environmental Disaster” All England Lawn tennis Club’s (AELTC) proposed development in Wimbledon onto Heritage Parkland will...
Jan 1, 2024


New Year Message from the Save Wimbledon Park Campaign Group
Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) still has much to do in 2024 but 2023 had plenty of successes. Our campaign petition on Change.org now has over...
Dec 31, 2023


The Globe and Mail: Wimbledon in battle with locals over tennis club’s controversial plan to build 39 more courts
The Globe and Mail | 26 December 2023 | Paul Waldie The Globe and Mail: Wimbledon in battle with locals over tennis club’s controversial plan to build 39 more courts "Wimbledon is usually associated with strawberries and cream, pristine grass and some of the best tennis matches in history. But another high-stakes drama is playing out off the court over a controversial plan to nearly double the size of the historic venue. Battle lines have been drawn between the private club t
Dec 28, 2023


The Standard: Inside the battle over future of Wimbledon tennis championships as expansion splits locals
The Standard | 21 December 2023 | Noah Vickers Inside the battle over future of Wimbledon tennis championships as expansion splits locals "Why have proposals to expand the world-famous championships come up against significant opposition? Noah Vickers reports" "It’s a project to transform one of the UK’s top sporting events - but one which has divided local residents. Plans put forward in Wimbledon would see the area’s world-famous tennis championships expand by building 39
Dec 21, 2023


Private Eye: Ball Called Out (Rotten Boroughs)
Private Eye | 1-14 December 2023 | Ball Called Out "The All England Club's ambitious scheme to expand into neighbouring Wimbledon Park...
Nov 29, 2023


BRIEFING PAPER FROM SAVE WIMBLEDON PARK ON AELTC PLANNING APPLICATION (21/P2900)
BRIEFING PAPER FROM SAVE WIMBLEDON PARK ON PLANNING APPLICATION (21/P2900) (THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB (AELTC) AND THE FORMER GOLF...
Nov 29, 2023


Delivered SWP Petition to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan with 16,145 Signatures to Save Wimbledon Park
Delivered SWP Petition to Mayor of London Mr. Sadiq Khan Mayor of London 24th November 2023 Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE Re:...
Nov 25, 2023


Stadium Business: Wandsworth Council rejects Wimbledon Park scheme
Wandsworth Council rejects Wimbldon Park scheme Stadium Business | Rob Ridley | 2 2 November 2023 "The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has maintained that its Wimbledon Park Project offers “significant social, economic and environmental improvements” after the plans were rejected by Wandsworth Council. The Council’s planning committee voted 7-0 against the plans yesterday (Tuesday) evening. The vote came after Council officers last week recommended rejection of the plans
Nov 24, 2023


i news: Inside Wimbledon’s £200m headache as angry residents promise to derail expansion
i news | 23 November 2023 | James Gray | Sports News Correspondent Inside Wimbledon’s £200m headache as angry residents promise to derail expansion "Powerful group of locals with 'all the skill sets' tell i about their campaign to kibosh the construction of 38 new tennis courts and an 8,000-seater stadium as All England Club seeks to grow" "Wimbledon’s £200m expansion plans have set them at loggerheads with local residents in a dispute that has encompassed a leading 18th-cen
Nov 23, 2023


The Guardian: Tie-break looms as mayor’s office considers Wimbledon redevelopment
The Guardian | 23 November 2023 | Sean Ingle Tie-break looms as mayor’s office considers Wimbledon redevelopment "As both sides wait for the next stage of the process, there seems little chance of a compromise over the plans" (mayor’s office considers Wimbledon redevelopment) "To use a tennis analogy, we’re at one set all but we’ve got a long way to go,” says Christopher Coombe, a member of Save Wimbledon Park, as he reflects on the latest plot twist in the fight between lo
Nov 23, 2023


Extensive News Coverage of Refusal of the AELTC Application by Wandsworth Council Planning Committee
Wandsworth Council Planning Application Committee Refused the AELTC Application ref 2021/3609 on 21st November 2023. Here is some of the...
Nov 22, 2023


Wandsworth Refuses The AELTC Development Proposals - Councillors Follow Officer's Recommendation
Wandsworth Refuses The AELTC Development Proposals Iain Simpson, Chair Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) said, “This result is very heartening. ...
Nov 22, 2023


Delivered: the Petition to Wandsworth Council 17 Nov 2023 by Save Wimbledon Park Campaign
Representatives of the Save Wimbledon Park campaign delivered the petition to Wandsworth Council on Friday 17 November 2023, with the...
Nov 18, 2023


The Guardian: Wimbledon poised for tense match as council votes on ‘industrial tennis complex’
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
Nov 18, 2023


WPRA response to Wandsworth Planning Officers report and recommendation 18 November 2o23
WPRA response to Wandsworth Planning Officers report "These comments are intended for the Wandsworth Planning Committee and also for the...
Nov 18, 2023
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