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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

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

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

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

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.

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”.

Putney News | 25 January 2026 | Kieren McCarthy "Judge openly discusses appeals as six-day Wimbledon Park trial concludes." "The final day of the Wimbledon Park statutory trust trial concluded on Friday with the judge openly discussing how his ruling might be challenged in the Supreme Court – a striking signal that he may be leaning toward finding against the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). After six days of intensive legal argument in a well-attended courtroom at the Rolls Building, Mr Justice Thompsell thanked lawyers on both sides for helping him navigate what he called “watchmaking” – piecing together the complex springs and cogs of century-old local government legislation. But his parting words were telling: he said he “suspects that one or other of the parties will end up going to the Supreme Court” and suggested lawyers might want to draft an order for the Court of Appeal “to speed things up.” .. .read more about "Putney News: Tennis Club Concedes Key Points As Judge Hints At Supreme Court Battle"

at a meeting on the evening of Thursday, October 26 with Wandsworth Council, whose boundaries also cover London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Greater London Authority, with arguments not just over planning but covenants

Further to our news post of 3rd January 2025 where SWP had applied for a Judicial Review of the GLA planning decision : Surprisingly quickly, the Court has just now issued an Order confirming that we may proceed on all three Grounds for JR of the GLA’s decision, stating: “The Claimant has raised arguable grounds which merit consideration at a full hearing.” SWP’s request for costs protection under the Aarhus Convention was not challenged. The Court’s order also confirms that we have successfully achieved this protection.