- Plans to significantly expand the Wimbledon tennis site are set to proceed after a High Court judge dismissed a legal challenge against the proposals.
- The All England Club's plans include constructing 38 new tennis courts and an 8,000-seat stadium on the grounds of the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club.
- Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) had launched legal action against the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) decision to grant planning permission, arguing the site was a Grade II*-listed heritage area with usage restrictions.
- Mr Justice Saini ruled that the GLA’s decision to approve the plans was a “planning judgment rationally exercised”, rejecting SWP's claim that it was “irrational”.
- The expansion aims to allow Wimbledon qualifiers to be held on-site, alongside creating new public parkland and a boardwalk around Wimbledon Lake.
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