by SWtastic » Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:48 pm
This is not reported correctly here - it is not expanding into historic parkland, it is expanding into a former golf course which Merton sold to the AELTC for peanuts a number of years ago.
I get very cross about the campaign, and the seemingly complete acceptance of what the campaign is saying as fact, as you would think Wimbledon Park, an existing and thriving park, is under threat, judging by the name of the campaign group. It is not - in fact, the opposite - it is being expanded by approximately 30 acres which were never open to the public before when the land was part of the golf course. There is so much misinformation that has been bandied about which has put off many local people I know from supporting the campaign.
The arguments about the increase in traffic from development etc. seem to have gone away and now a different tack is being taken. I'm at a loss to understand why the energy of the group wasn't put into fighting on these lines from the start, as it's realistically the only grounds that the decision can be challenged and even then, the fault lies with Merton Council, not the AELTC.
This is not reported correctly here - it is not expanding into historic parkland, it is expanding into a former golf course which Merton sold to the AELTC for peanuts a number of years ago.
I get very cross about the campaign, and the seemingly complete acceptance of what the campaign is saying as fact, as you would think Wimbledon Park, an existing and thriving park, is under threat, judging by the name of the campaign group. It is not - in fact, the opposite - it is being expanded by approximately 30 acres which were never open to the public before when the land was part of the golf course. There is so much misinformation that has been bandied about which has put off many local people I know from supporting the campaign.
The arguments about the increase in traffic from development etc. seem to have gone away and now a different tack is being taken. I'm at a loss to understand why the energy of the group wasn't put into fighting on these lines from the start, as it's realistically the only grounds that the decision can be challenged and even then, the fault lies with Merton Council, not the AELTC.
