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Wandsworth Council rejects controversial expansion plan for Wimbledon Tennis Club

by Cyril Richert
22 November 2023
Parks/Proposals
12 mins read

Yesterday night, Wandsworth Planning Committee voted to reject a significant expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s grounds (AELTC), which hosts the Wimbledon championships. The decision came less than…

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Winterville keen to return to Clapham Common in 2020, on Wandsworth side

by Susan Lofthouse
10 February 2020
Parks
4 mins read
3

Winterville has always proved controversial. There were frequent complaints about the noise and intrusion, and there was a sigh of relief when Lambeth Council decided it was not going to…

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Proposal to raise by over 30% a temporary building for events in Battersea Park

by Susan Lofthouse
16 July 2019
Parks
2 mins read

Planning application 2019/2488 is proposing the erection of a temporary building in (sic) the British Genius Site up to a Maximum Height of 12.4 metres (current height 9.5 metres) for a…

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Victory for campaigners as Formula E will stop in Battersea Park after 2016

by Cyril Richert
24 May 2016
Parks
4 mins read
7

Those campaigning to preserve Battersea Park from the Fomula E event have all reasons to celebrate as they have secured a great victory on their fight. After a long and…

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Council voted for 2 more years of Formula E in Battersea Park

by Susan Lofthouse
11 December 2015
Parks
5 mins read
1

Councillors on the community services scrutiny committee voted, at the end of November, in favour of its return for two more years. Following Tuesday’s demo and Committee Meeting, I left…

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Battersea Park to be severely damaged due to Formula E

by Susan Lofthouse
8 June 2015
Parks
3 mins read
23

Back in early summer 2013 the Council was in correspondence with City Hall about a proposal for Formula E racing in Battersea Park.  One should add that, according to news…

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Battersea Park to become… a local Silverstone?

by Julia Matcham
5 October 2014
Parks
2 mins read
5

  Wandsworth Council is proposing to use Battersea Park for Formula E electric cars motor racing in June 2015, and repeat that for the next five years. Surely the Council…

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Community ‘crowdfunding appeal’ by residents to save Putney Common

by Nick Evans
2 December 2013
Parks
3 mins read

Late November 2013, the Friends of Putney Common (FofPC) community group has launched an online community ‘crowdfunding appeal’ to protect Putney Common from Wandsworth Council’s grasping attempt to build private…

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Plan for a new small park near Clapham Junction

by Cyril Richert
20 November 2013
Parks
1 min read

Author: Cyril Richert The Council has released plans to refurbish the small park near the Falcon estate. The site is on the corner of Falcon Road and Falcon Terrace and…

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Wandsworth Council Forced to Quash their own Planning Permission

by Cyril Richert
8 January 2013
Parks
2 mins read

There is a conversation on Streetlife talking about the planning practice with Wandsworth Council. With no surprise for us, it confirms what we have been already saying for some time:…

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