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Three months removed from controversial expansion plans being appoved for Wimbledon, the local residents’ group fighting it – which includes adding one stadium court and 38 further courts to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) grounds – has this past week begun legal action challenging the validity of Sadiq Khan’s decision granting planning permission for their redevelopment. Continue reading “Wimbledon residents double down on resistance to proposed expansion plans”
Wimbledon’s bullish plans to build 39 new tennis courts on protected open land opposite the All England Club have been approved, some seven years after initial plans were originally floated. London’s deputy mayor Jules Pipe deemed the “significant” community and economic benefits outweighing the harm created by such a big revamp, though backlash remains as nothing is yet final. Continue reading “Wimbledon’s controversial expansion plans approved, but backlash remains”
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