Wimbledon's £200m plan to TRIPLE in size, including a brand-new show court, is given planning permission green light by deputy mayor - despite fury from locals The GLA have reccomended that Wimbledon's plans are accepted next week A public hearing on the AELTC's £200m expansion is set to take place on Friday The AELTC are hoping to build another 39 tennis courts on Wimbledon Park By Ed Carruthers Published: 06:30 EDT, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 06:38 EDT, 20 September 2024 e-mail 1 View comments The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has been handed a major boost in its ambitious £200m expansion plans after the Greater London Authority (GLA) recommended that the club's planning application should be approved. Wimbledon 's proposals to build 38 new grass courts, an 8,000 Parkland Show Court and carry out transformative works to Wimbledon Park were referred to the Mayor of London's office last year. It came after Wandsworth Borough Council, who share a boundary line on the proposed site, had rejected Wimbledon's planning applications for the expansion last November.
Deputy Mayor of London, Jules Pipe, is now expected to back the plans at a public hearing which is due to take place next Friday. Officers believed that there were 'very significant' economic benefits to the Wimbledon Park Project, which is set to create over 40-year-round jobs and over 250 new jobs for the Championships. The plans will also see the AELTC open up 27 acres of free-to-use parkland in Wimbledon .