Category: Planning issues

Wimbledon All England Club Expansion

The All England Club’s controversial plans to build 39 new tennis courts, including an 8,000 seat stadium, on protected open land has been approved.

Merton Council approved the plans, but the proposal was referred to the GLA after Wandsworth Council rejected the scheme last November. However the GLA officers recommended approval and Jules Pipe, the deputy mayor of London, approved the plan. The Society made representations against the proposal along with the Wimbledon Society and many others. The objectors are considering what steps, if any, remain available to continue the case.

Society objections to proposal by AELTC for the Wimbledon Park Project

A second, supplementary objection has been submitted to LB Wandsworth and LB Merton with regard to the proposed extension to the Wimbledon tennis development to include additional show courts, tennis facilities and and public access around the lake, on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course. This follows a full objection to an earlier scheme put forward in September 2021 and reflects new environmental evidence.

See here to view the Society’s objections:

AELTC-Additional-Objection