The Standard: "Wimbledon expansion: School leaders say tennis club plan will bring 'crazy' pollution nightmare"

The Standard | 29 June 2025 | Tristan Kirk

"...Crazy Pollution Nightmare"

"Wimbledon’s controversial plan to expand the All England Club will condemn local children to a decade of “crazy” construction traffic and pollution, school leaders and concerned parents have claimed, in a call for Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan to intervene.

The world-famous tennis club in southwest London won planning permission last September for 39 extra courts and an 8,000 seater stadium on Wimbledon Park.

At the time, Deputy Mayor of London Jules Pipe concluded the benefits of the expansion would outweigh the impact of building work which is scheduled to last at least nine years.

However the plans have continued to face fierce opposition from some locals, and a campaign group – Save Wimbledon Park – is taking High Court legal action next month in a bid to block the development."

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