Overview

• The High Court opened a two-day judicial review on July 7 to assess whether the Greater London Authority lawfully granted planning permission for the expansion
• Save Wimbledon Park argues the proposal violates 1993 covenants, undermines metropolitan open-land protections and ignores the site’s statutory public recreation trust status
• The £200 million plan would add 39 grass courts—including an 8,000-seat retractable-roof show court—seven community courts and 23 acres of public parkland
• All England Club leaders say the project will raise daily capacity from 42,000 to 50,000, bring qualifying rounds on-site and boost biodiversity, earning backing from Novak Djokovic and the London Wildlife Trust
• A judgment is expected in the coming weeks, with both sides able to appeal and a separate court battle over statutory trust protections set for January