GLA Hearing
We have heard from the GLA that the Hearing to decide whether AELTC’s planning application should be accepted or refused will be held at City Hall on Friday 27th September. (See the full text of the GLA notice below).
Join the demonstration outside City Hall and attend the hearing, which starts at 10am, doors open 8:30am: 140 seats available.
Public Meeting at St. Barnabas Church
Accordingly we are inviting you to a public meeting at St. Barnabas Church, 146 Lavenham Road, Southfields, London SW18 5EP on Monday September 23rd from 1930 – 2130 .
We should receive the GLA Planning Officers Report no later than 20th September. The significance of this report is that the Planning Committees of both Merton and Wandsworth followed the advice of their Officers Report, albeit with very different outcomes.
Our meeting at St.Barnabas will have four main aims:
• Summarising GLA Planning Officers report and considering its implications
• Running through what will happen at the Hearing on September 27th
• Suggesting what you can do
• Answering your questions
Please note that on the 27th all speakers at the GLA Hearing who wish to oppose the scheme have only a total of 15 minutes to present their arguments.
GLA Notice
Below is the notice from the GLA sent out on 6th September 2024:
"Dear Consultee,
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007; Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008.
Wimbledon Park Golf ClubGLA reference: 2024/0045 & 2024/0047Merton reference: 21/P2900Wandsworth reference: 2021/3609
On 24 August 2021, planning application (reference 21/P2900) (“the Application”) was submitted to Merton Council (“the Council”) and on 25 August 2021, planning application (reference 2021/3609 was submitted to Wandsworth Council by AELTC (“the Applicant”) for the proposed redevelopment of Wimbledon Park Golf Course. Following receipt of notice from the Councils on 16 January 2024 that it was minded to refuse planning permission for the redevelopment proposals at Wimbledon Park Golf Course the Deputy Mayor, acting under delegated authority, notified the Councils on 22 January 2024, that the Mayor would act as the local planning authority for the purposes of determining the Applications (under article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 and the powers conferred on him by Section 2A of the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)).
A public Representation Hearing is due to be held at City Hall, The Chamber (Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE) on 27 September 2024, starting at 10.00am, for the Deputy Mayor, Jules Pipe, to consider the Application in detail and to determine whether or not planning permission should be granted.
The hearing is open to the public, with a capacity of 140, and you are welcome to attend if you wish. Details of how to get to City Hall can be found here:http://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/our-building-and-squares/how-find-city-hall .
We will update our website page with all of the necessary details: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/public-hearings/wimbledon-park-golf-club-hearing.
Please note that if you are attending to attend in person, you will be required City Hall through ‘airport style’ security. Please allow enough time to ensure you are able to watch the hearing. The Chamber will be open from 09.30am and entry to City Hall is possible from 8.30am.
If you have any accessibility requirements or questions about accessing City Hall, please contact us at wimbledon.park@london.gov.uk.
The hearing will also be available to watch or participate online and a link will be published as soon as it is ready on our website: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/public-hearings/wimbledon-park-golf-club-hearing.
Right to speak
If you have made a written representation in relation to the Applications either to the Council or to the GLA at any consultation stage then you are eligible to request to speak (for the avoidance of doubt this does not include an individual who has signed a petition but would include an individual who has signed a standard letter). If you wish to speak at the hearing you must submit to GLA officers a detailed statement of the issues that you intend to express to the Deputy Mayor within seven days from the date of this correspondence. This information should also clearly state in what capacity you wish to speak (i.e. objector or supporter) and which organisation (if any) you represent. All statements should be provided in writing by email to: Wimbledon.park@london.gov.uk. If you request to speak you should also indicate whether you intend to attend the hearing in-person at City Hall or whether you wish to participate online. We will share details of how to join online with anyone who wishes to participate virtually.
If you do not want the GLA to share your details for this purpose please confirm in your response. PLEASE NOTE – not agreeing to share your personal details may mean that you will not be able to speak at the hearing. The GLA will publish a list of confirmed speakers three days in advance of the hearing on the GLA website here: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/public-hearings/wimbledon-park-golf-club-hearing.
Further details with respect to the procedures to be followed at the representation hearing, including arrangements for speakers are available on the GLA website here:
Yours faithfully,
John Finlayson
Head of Development Management
Greater London Authority"
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