Council Leader Ross Garrod , correcting Merton Council's incorrect statement about the 1993 restrictive covenants

House Of Lords, whilst still to come are the local elections and their impact on the restrictive 1993 covenants

letter to Merton Council reminding them that the lands of the Wimbledon Park Golf Course are subject to Covenants The letter explains why the Covenants block the proposed development and why we consider that it and

the Constitution, the extraordinary meeting will consider the following single item of business: “The Covenants

You agreed to Merton Council’s covenants not to build on this listed green site.

The 1993 Restrictive Covenants were also mentioned: "AELTG acknowledges that its proposed development would breach these covenants.

The Standard | 30th September 2024 | Noah Vickers " The plan, which won permission from City Hall last week, will see 39 new tennis courts built on a former golf course "Campaigners opposed to the Wimbledon tennis expansion plan have vowed to fight on following their defeat at City Hall, and are considering legal action to stop the scheme. The project, which secured planning permission last week, will see the construction of 39 new courts - including an 8,000-seater stadium - on a golf course across the road from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club’s (AELTC) existing site." ... read more about The Standard: Campaigners consider legal action in bid to 'fight on' against Wimbledon expansion

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to challenge the previous High Court decision that the former golf course in Wimbledon Park is not covered In the meantime, there still remain the covenants in which the AELTC publicly promised on their purchase The development is incompatible with these covenants, as Merton have already reminded them, saying that they expect the covenants to be “respected”.

According to the relevant case law, those undertakings, known as covenants, are pretty watertight, provided

of the planning decision for legality (“Judicial Review”), the enforcement of the 1993 restrictive covenants

Whilst even if the AELTC surmount these hurdles, the land is still held subject to the covenants agreed Provided Merton Council enforce the covenants, no amount of planning permission can override them.