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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Wimbledon poised for tense match as council votes on ‘industrial tennis complex’

Wimbledon court 12 in the 2019 Championships
The All England Lawn Tennis Club hopes to add a 10-storey show court and 38 other grass courts to the Wimbledon site. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images

Forget the tennis. A much bigger match will take place in Wimbledon next week as the All England Lawn Tennis Club takes on another local council over its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium on a Grade II*-listed park.

The AELTC will on Tuesday night attempt to convince Wandsworth’s planning committee to vote through its proposal to build the 10-storey show court and 38 other grass courts on Wimbledon Park. Campaigners have described the proposals as an “industrial tennis complex”.

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