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Residents' Associations Responses to Merton Officer's Report re AELTC Planning Application 21/P2900
Local residents' associations have provided responses to the Merton Officer's Report for AELTC planning application 21/P2900 within the...
Oct 24, 2023


5 Further Objections to AELTC Plans from WPRA: Trees; Carbon; Birds; Hedgerow; GLA Stage 1 Report
Five further important objections to the AELTC planning application have recently been submitted by the Wimbledon Park Resident's...
Oct 24, 2023


Merton Planning Meeting 26 October 2023 re AELTC Planning Application 21/P2900
As you may know by now, the AELTC planning application 21/P2900 will be heard at the Merton Planning Meeting on the 26th October 2023....
Oct 18, 2023


The Standard: Campaigners Confident of Blocking Wimbledon Expansion Despite Early Blow
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
Oct 16, 2023


Land Ownership and Context Map Plus Consolidated Development Plan ( updated 7 April 2025)
Unusually, the AELTC application documents do not include a single plan to show the full extent of the development works in context and...
Oct 10, 2023


Urban Greening in Wimbledon Park - A Further Objection to the AELTC Planning Application
We are extremely lucky to have Dr. Dave Dawson among us, with his wealth of expertise and long-standing interest in Wimbledon Park....
Oct 9, 2023


Updated Media Coverage Listing from The Wimbledon Society
The Wimbledon Society have recently updated their listing of media coverage about the AELTC’s plans for Wimbledon Park and Golf Course.
Sep 30, 2023


National and Local Media Coverage of the Southfields Public Meeting held 12 September 2023
There was significant press and media interest in the Southfields public meeting held on 12 September 2024. Here are a selection of the...
Sep 21, 2023


Southfields Public Meeting 12 September 2023 - The Future of Wimbledon Park. Presentations, Actions
Southfields residents held a public meeting to hear about the future of Wimbledon Park, in relation to the AELTC planning application to...
Sep 16, 2023


Southfields Public Meeting 12 September 2023 - The Future of Wimbledon Park
Southfields residents have organised a public meeting to be held at St. Barnabas Church, Lavenham Road, SW18 5EP starting at 19:30, to...
Aug 22, 2023


Opinion of George Laurence KC, in response to the AELTC submission of July 7th to Merton
Here is the Opinion of George Laurence KC, in response to the AELTC submission of July 7th to Merton. In the matter of land at Wimbledon...
Jul 29, 2023


AELTC response (Barrister’s Opinion) to WPRA objection sent to planning in April
Please see this letter from Rolfe Judd to Merton Council dated 7th July 2023, containing AELTC response (Barrister's Opinion) concerning...
Jul 6, 2023


Mirror Online: Inside the bitter argument for Wimbledon's future raging behind the scenes in SW19
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
Jul 3, 2023


The Daily Telegraph: Wimbledon's Golf Course Cold War
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)
Jun 30, 2023


The Sunday Times: Wimbledon Campaigners Hope Supreme Court Saga will Block Stadium Complex
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
Jun 5, 2023


Wimbledon SW19: Opposition Mounts Against Wimbledon Tennis Plans
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
Jun 1, 2023


London Forum Insights May 2023: The All England Club’s controversial plans for Wimbledon Park
The London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies, May 2023 Newsletter: (London Forum AELTC Controversial Plans) "Wimbledon Society’s Chris...
May 5, 2023


THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ‘DAY V SHROPSHIRE’ (March 2023) HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR AELTC
Please see this media briefing note: THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ‘DAY V SHROPSHIRE’ (March 2023) HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR...
Apr 24, 2023


The Telegraph: Wimbledon expansion plans delayed again until late summer
By Simon Briggs, Tennis Correspondent 19 April 2023 "The All England Club’s proposed expansion into neighbouring Wimbledon Park Golf Club...
Apr 21, 2023


MAIL Online: Wimbledon hit by ANOTHER delay to planned growth after council meeting is postponed...
By MIKE DICKSON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 20 April 2023 " Wimbledon is facing yet another delay to its major 38-court expansion plans The latest planning meeting involving the local councils has been postponed It seems likely the situation will not be resolved before 2023 tournament in July Wimbledon is facing yet another delay to its major expansion plans onto a neighbouring former golf course after its latest planning meeting involving local councils was postponed. And i
Apr 21, 2023
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