BBC News: Campaigners raise £200k to fight Wimbledon plans

BBC News | 19 June 2025 | Chris Slegg, Olivia Demetriades

"Campaigners raise £200k to fight Wimbledon plans"

"A campaign group fighting plans to expand the home of Wimbledon tennis has raised £200,000 for an upcoming judicial review.

Plans were approved last September for the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) - which runs the world-famous tournament - to build 39 tennis courts and an 8,000-seat stadium on protected open land on Wimbledon Park.

AELTC, which owns the land, argues its development will open up a part of the park that it says was "inaccessible to the public for almost a century" however Save Wimbledon Park has concerns around the environmental impact.

The judicial review, set to be held early in July, is to rule on if the way the decision was made was procedurally unfair or irrational."

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