When the AELTC purchased the freehold of Wimbledon Park Golf Course from Merton Council in 1993 they entered into Covenants not to develop the land for anything other than “leisure…
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The AELTC in its February 2023 Community Newsletter refers to a walk around the lake and in the petition they have been lobbying people to sign they are saying… ‘A…
Planning legislation requires the planning decision-maker to have regard to relevant “material considerations” when considering an application for planning permission. The scope of what can constitute a material consideration is…
In a recent newsletter from the AELTC to local residents the following statement was made ‘We are committed to providing permanent public access to this parkland, ensuring the scheme benefits…
The AELTC, as owners of the now closed and padlocked Golf Course, sought planning permission last year to remove a handful of trees and some scrubland. We objected at the…
1. During 2022 we considered a total of 205 planning applications and objected or commented on 81 of them. 2. The AELTC’s planning application to both Merton and Wandsworth Councils to…
Dr Dave Dawson, Wimbledon Park’s local ecologist and environmental scientist, writes about the problems of blue-green algae. Wimbledon Park is a very popular place to walk dogs, but beware! In…
For those who thought that the AELTCs plans to build all over Wimbledon Park Golf Course had been done & dusted, they haven’t been. They’ve just got more & more…
Save Wimbledon Park, a group based in Wimbledon Village and Southfields concerned about the AELTC plans to develop the Golf Course, launch a website and petition to save Capability Brown’s…
The golf course is part of the Wimbledon Park Open Space, the heart of Capability Brown’s Park. It’s protected as Metropolitan Open Land (=Green Belt), Grade II* listed, Conservation Area…
