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Wimbledon awaits ruling on plans to expand tennis championship grounds

London mayor’s office to decide on All England Lawn Tennis Club’s proposal to build on park in face of local opposition

An epic planning battle between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and its neighbours will reignite on Monday when the mayor of London’s office rules on whether to allow Wimbledon to expand on to a Grade II*-listed park.

The AELTC, which has been running the championships since 1877, has applied for permission to build an 8,000-seat stadium and a further 38 tennis courts on Wimbledon Park, which was landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century and is specially protected as “metropolitan open land”.

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