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Wimbledon Times: Triple legal jeopardy for All England Club, warns Paul Kohler
Wimbledon Times | 27 November 2025 | Paul Kohler "Much like the protagonists in Charles Dickens’ fictional satire on the English legal system, I fear something similar is happening here in SW19 - due, not to the manifest failings of our civil justice system, but the dogged intransigence of the All England Club. The AELTC is currently facing triple legal jeopardy. The planning permission they were eventually granted by the Mayor of London, after Labour’s Merton’s Council gave
Nov 29, 2025


Update on SWP Legal Proceedings and CrowdJustice Funding
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
Jun 11, 2025


AELTC Planning Application: a Short History
AELTC Planning Application: a Short History: This article was published by the Wimbledon Society: In July 2021 the AELTC submitted a...
Mar 8, 2025


Peter Day (Day vs Shropshire): "...The AELTC can’t just make some land grab because it suits their commercial ends and nor should Merton and the GLA bow to that pressure"
Dr. Peter Day (of Day vs Shropshire ) has commented on the AELTC planning application to build on WImbledon Park, Grade II* Heritage...
Jan 15, 2025


Clapham Junction Insider: "Residents’ group launches legal action against Wimbledon Tennis Club expansion" (a comprehensive explanation of the current situation with the SWP campaign)
Clapham Junction Insider | 13 January 2025 | Cyril Richert (This article provides an excellent explanation of the latest situation with the Save Wimbledon Park campaign) "Save Wimbledon Park community group put forward grounds for a Judicial Review of the Mayor of London’s planning decision to grant the Tennis Club the right to extend and build on part of Wimbledon Park. Following the decision by Jules Pipe, London’s Deputy Mayor for Planning, on Friday 27 September to overr
Jan 14, 2025


Private Eye: Parks & Recreation. A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga.
Private Eye | 8 January 2025 "A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga. It seemed to be full steam ahead for plans from the...
Jan 8, 2025


SWP Has Started Legal Action to Challenge the Validity of the Mayor of London’s Decision to Grant Planning Permission
Statement dated 3 January 2025 Save Wimbledon Park Ltd (‘SWP’) has started legal action to challenge the validity of the Mayor of...
Jan 3, 2025


Save Wimbledon Park Takes Action !
When in September 2024 the GLA decided to approve the plans of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to develop Wimbledon Park, the...
Dec 11, 2024
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