"will create a permanent home for the Wimbledon Qualifying Competition and deliver 27 acres of beautiful new parkland"
"SWP has never been anti-tennis. We believe that it is high time for the AELTC to recognise the raft of legal and principled problems with its proposals and sit down and talk constructively with SWP and the local community."
"a David and Goliath struggle."
"took insufficient account of the statutory trust and the restrictive covenants"
Plans approved by the Greater London Authority in September 2024 permit the All England Lawn Tennis Club to build 38 tennis courts and an 8,000-seat stadium on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club. Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) is pursuing a Court of Appeal challenge after a High Court dismissal in July. SWP argues the approval was irrational and that statutory trusts and restrictive covenants protect the Grade II*-listed Wimbledon Park, partly designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Separate High Court proceedings on the existence of a statutory trust are scheduled for January 2026.
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