The Guardian | 7th July 2025 | Geneva Abdul "Campaigners are challenging planning approval granted last year for scheme to develop 39 more courts" " I love this tournament, I love what they’ve done with it, but I do not love what they’re developing it into,” said Jonathan Pinkess on day five of Wimbledon. Standing in the morning sun, handing out flyers against the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s expansion plans, he is one of many local residents who fear the championship will

The GLA's (Greater London Authority's) Stage 3 report into the AELTC Planning Application to build on Grade II* Heritage Wimbledon Park,...

The Guardian | 1 July 2024 | Sammy Gecsoyler Spoof ads with tennis players appear near club in protest against sponsor’s ties to fossil fuels and arms companies "Hundreds of ads on commercial billboards, the tube and bus shelters near Wimbledon have been replaced with artwork taking aim at the tournament’s sponsorship with Barclays over its ties to fossil fuels and companies supplying arms to Israel." ... read more about Artists Target Wimbledon’s ‘Strawberries and Cream Ima

The Guardian | 20 May 2024 | Rebecca Tamás "These spaces are crucial for our wellbeing, but cash-strapped councils are being forced to treat them as revenue earners" ... "As we confront a worsening climate crisis, it has never been more important for people to connect with nature, to learn to love it and recognise its benefits, so that they will want to protect it. Yet in the UK, one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, it is getting harder and harder to forge

The Guardian 25 April 2024 | Rupert Neate Rupert Neate (The Guardian) describes how AELTC's plans to expand the tennis grounds on to...

There has been extensive news coverage of the GLA (Greater London Authority) decision to "Call In" the AELTC planning application. Here...

20 January 2024 | The Guardian | Rupert Neate London mayor’s office to decide on All England Lawn Tennis Club’s proposal to build on park in face of local opposition (Wimbledon awaits ruling on plans to expand tennis championship grounds) "An epic planning battle between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and its neighbours will reignite on Monday when the mayor of London’s office rules on whether to allow Wimbledon to expand on to a Grade II*-listed park. The AELTC, which ha

Merton FOE | 20 January 2024 This an ✨URGENT✨call for action to help Save Wimbledon Park. And YOU can help us! Wimbledon Park is under...

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

Wandsworth Council Planning Application Committee Refused the AELTC Application ref 2021/3609 on 21st November 2023. Here is some of the...

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

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

"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