"Explaining the reasons for granting the order, Holgate wrote that: The grounds of appeal are arguable with a real prospect of success. The case law on scheme benefits, deliverability, relevance, material considerations and irrationality merits review."
"This is a David and Goliath struggle, Save Wimbledon Park said in a statement. The AELTC is a rich and well-connected corporate developer which has worked for decades to take over a substantial part of this highly protected public Park for its own purposes."
"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 const"
The All England Lawn Tennis Club received approval from the London deputy mayor and high court endorsement to build 39 grass courts on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club. Save Wimbledon Park challenged that approval and won permission from Lord Justice Holgate for a judicial review, with Holgate finding the grounds arguable and meriting review on scheme benefits, deliverability, relevance, material considerations and irrationality. SWP argues the expansion would create a tennis industrial complex, damage the environment and ignore community concerns. Separate legal actions include a possible statutory trust for public recreation and a challenge to a 1993 restrictive covenant.
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