Comedy Writer, Andy Hamilton FAULT!! Wimbledon’s plan must be called out as it crosses every line, writes Andy Hamilton It’s that time of...

Canadian Globe and Mail | 2 July 2025 | Paul Waldie, Europe Correspondent Residents' group has been fighting the project for four years, believing it will cause environmental damage and cut off public access to green space. As he sipped a cup of English Breakfast tea in the cool comfort of an exclusive restaurant inside Wimbledon's Centre Court stadium, Christopher Coombe hardly looked like a rabble-rousing com­munity activist bent on thwarting the ambitions of the All Engla

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

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...

MyLondon | 27 June 2024 | Harris Galliven "Voters challenged candidates vying for the Wimbledon parliamentary seat at a packed debate. Candidates from eight of the nine parties standing fielded questions from constituents about everything from the controversial Wimbledon Park expansion to Brexit. An orderly queue of residents gathered outside Wimbledon Library on the hottest evening of the year (so far) for a chance to see how their parliamentary candidates would hold up to

Private Eye | June 2024 With Wimbledon looming, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is in full lobbying-mode for its plan to build an ...

The Standard | 10 May 2024 | Matt Majendie "Extra four acres of public parkland deemed “tiny” ahead of Greater London Authority decision...

There is a quick and easy way to tell the GLA (Greater London Authority) that you object to the AELTC planning application - just submit...

Double Fault...

The Times recently published an article by Lord Coe in favour of the AELTC’s expansion. Stephen Hammond MP wrote a swift response to this...

16 January 2024 Richard is a Tennis Masterplanner who has created a succession of successful International Tennis venues. He is a Tennis...

The Telegraph | 5 January 2024 | Simon Briggs , Tennis Correspondent "Wimbledon Expansion: MPs urge Londoners to reject £200m Plans" "Stephen Hammond and Fleur Anderson, MPs for Wimbledon and Putney respectively, say plans ‘disrespect the protected status of the land’" "WImbledon fear not expanding will see them fall behind other grand slams. The two MPs involved in Wimbledon’s controversial expansion plans, Stephen Hammond and Fleur Anderson, have claimed that the proposed

5th January 2024 | The Standard | Stephen Hammond MP & Fleur Anderson MP "Wimbledon's expansion plan is not a 'win-win,' it is bad for Londoners." "Our shared view as local MPs is that the project should not go ahead." In September 2022, as the two MPs representing the Wimbledon heritage parkland, we put out a statement on behalf of our respective constituents (Wimbledon and Putney, Roehampton & Southfields) jointly expressing our concerns about the All England Lawn Tennis Cl

"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

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