After Wandsworth Council Officers’ report recommended that the AELTC planning proposal be rejected because it failed to provide the significant evidence required to justify building on Metropolitan Open Land (MOL), Wandsworth Planning Committee supported…
Dr Dave Dawson is a local resident and environmental scientist. He has produced a brief paper setting out the “Top Five” Biodiversity and Ecology observations gathered from his extensive submissions…
On the 26th October, Merton’s Planning Committee voted by a narrow majority (6:4) to approve the AELTC planning application to develop the heavily protected Wimbledon Park. This is despite the…
Dr Dave Dawson, local resident and environmental scientist, has made some detailed submissions about the impact of the proposed developments upon biodiversity. Issues raised include loss…
Wimbledon Society’s Planning & Environment Committee Chair, Chris Goodair, writes on the All England Club’s controversial plans for Wimbledon Park for the London Forum May 2023 Newsletter In…
In March 2023 the Supreme Court decided, in the case of Day v. Shropshire, that when selling public recreation land, a local authority must first advertise the proposed sale and…
When the AELTC first made their application to turn Wimbledon Park Golf Course into an industrial tennis complex almost two years ago, they provided documents showing the number of lorries…
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