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AELTC Planning Application: a Short History
AELTC Planning Application: a Short History: This article was published by the Wimbledon Society: In July 2021 the AELTC submitted a...
Mar 8

SWP Given Permission to Proceed with Judicial Review of the GLA Planning Decision
Further to our news post of 3rd January 2025 where SWP had applied for a Judicial Review of the GLA planning decision : Surprisingly...
Feb 14

Save Wimbledon Park Takes Action !
When in September 2024 the GLA decided to approve the plans of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to develop Wimbledon Park, the...
Dec 11, 2024

The Wimbledon Society Letter to Merton Council Regarding The 1993 Restrictive Covenants and Merton's Legally Binding Duties to the Community
The Wimbledon Society has released a statement and a copy of a letter to Merton Council Leader Ross Garrod , correcting Merton Council's...
Oct 8, 2024

Letter from Paul Kohler MP to Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, urging him to reject planning officers recommendations
See the text and image below of the Letter from Paul Kohler MP to Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, urging him to reject planning...
Sep 27, 2024


Email from Save Wimbledon Park to GLA planning officers and copied to Jules Pipe formally requesting that the planning application is rejected
The following email was sent from Save Wimbledon Park to GLA planning officers and copied to Jules Pipe on 27 September 2024, 9:30am (the...
Sep 27, 2024


GLA Report and Hearing Documents for the AELTC Planning Application to Build on Wimbledon Park Metropolitan Open Land
On 19th September 2024 the officers of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Planning Department published their report on the AELTC plans...
Sep 20, 2024


Letter from Fleur Anderson MP to Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, urging him to refuse AELTC planning application
See the image below of the letter from Fleur Anderson MP to Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, urging him to refuse AELTC planning...
Sep 20, 2024

GLA /AELTC Hearing on 27th September 2024 - Join the Demonstration + Public Meeting at St. Barnabas Church 23rd September
GLA Hearing We have heard from the GLA that the Hearing to decide whether AELTC’s planning application should be accepted or refused will...
Sep 6, 2024

Save Wimbledon General Election 2024 – Every Picture Tells a Story
All of the general election candidates in the constituencies of Putney and Wimbledon have been contacted where possible to join us for a...
Jun 25, 2024

Save Wimbledon Park Candidate Support - General Election 2024
We appreciate that the general election is a matter of national significance. The results of the election will determine the future...
Jun 25, 2024

SWP urges the GLA to refuse the AELTC application to create an Industrial Tennis Complex at Wimbledon Park
The AELTC’s application to develop the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course is now being considered by the GLA. Save Wimbledon Park (SWP)...
Jun 10, 2024

Belvedere Estate Residents' Association Submission to GLA on the AELTC Planning Application - "Courting Environmental Disaster"
"...All England Lawn tennis Club’s (AELTC) proposed development in Wimbledon onto Heri tage Parkland will have a hugely negative...
Jun 9, 2024

Save Wimbledon Park Group’s Reaction To Proposed Amends From Aeltc In Regard To 'The Wimbledon Park Project
Iain Simpson, Chair, Save Wimbledon Park, said: “AELTC’s proposed minor modifications are extremely disappointing and change nothing. The...
May 10, 2024

GLA Candidates Against AELTC Development
At hustings for the GLA elections on 2 May, Save Wimbledon Park members asked the GLA Merton and Wandsworth constituency candidates...
Apr 29, 2024

New Save Wimbledon Park Leaflet: Not a Done Deal. You Can Still Save Wimbledon Park - One of London's 50 Green Spaces Under Threat
2024-04-18: Please see the new Save Wimbledon Park leaflet:
Apr 18, 2024

The Wimbledon Society: Merton’s Local Plan – our response to the Inspectors’ Main Modifications
"A new Local Plan for Merton has been in preparation for some years. This determines planning policies for the Borough for the next 15...
Mar 21, 2024

WPRA Response to Merton's Local Plan Main Modification.
Merton invited further comments on their latest modifications to the Plan. These followed the Inspectors’ letters of a year ago when...
Mar 17, 2024


Copy of a Letter from Stephen Hammond MP replying to The Times article by Lord Coe
The Times recently published an article by Lord Coe in favour of the AELTC’s expansion. Stephen Hammond MP wrote a swift response to this...
Mar 4, 2024

WIMBLEDON PARK PROJECT: UPDATE ON AELTC APPLICATION
WIMBLEDON PARK PROJECT: UPDATE ON AELTC APPLICATION We are writing to update you on our understanding of the current state of play. Now...
Feb 11, 2024
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