Wimbledon's expansion plans boosted as judge dismisses legal challenge
'In short, the defendant's decision on the relevance of deliverability, applying to both the statutory trust and the restrictive covenants, was a planning judg-ment rationally exercised and having regard to appropriate and relevant fac-tors,' judge Justice Saini said. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament that holds its qualifying rounds at a completely separate location. There are also too few practice courts in the current setup, requiring some of the world's best players to share courts. 'We are delighted that Mr. Justice Saini has dismissed the challenge to the GLA's decision to grant planning permission for our plans to transform the former Wimbledon Park golf course,' said Deborah Jevans, chair of the All England Club.
'It is clear that we have a robust planning permission that enables us to create a permanent home for the Wimbledon qualifying competition as well as deliv-ering 27 acres of beautiful new park land for local people, providing public ac-cess to land that has been a private golf course for over 100 years,' Jevans added. The next hurdle in the process is a hearing in January over whether there is a statutory trust over the former golf course land.
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