Judge dismisses challenge to Wimbledon expansion

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The All England Club (AELTC) wants to build 39 tennis courts on the former site of Wimbledon Park Golf Club

Plans to almost triple the size of the Wimbledon tennis site are set to proceed after a campaign group's legal challenge against the decision to grant planning permission was dismissed by a High Court judge.

Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) had taken legal action against the Greater London Authority (GLA) over its decision last year to approve the plans.

SWP had argued in court the proposal for 38 courts and an 8,000-seat stadium on the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club in west London was unlawful as the proposed land was protected.

The GLA and All England Club disputed that the restrictions exist.

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