On 28 November 2024 AELTC representatives told representatives of the Bank of England Sports Centre Members Group that they would need to cross all bridges before they could start work on the Wimbledon Expansion. They were granted planning permission by the Mayor of London on 27 September 2024.

On 11 December 2024 the club revealed that it wanted to resolve lingering questions over the plan’s legality, which opponents of the project had been looking at as a potential avenue to block it. It is now intending to make an application to the High Court for a judicial declaration.

At the heart of the matter is the issue of whether the relevant land is held subject to a statutory recreation trust. Campaigners against the scheme have long argued that it is. The Mayor decided it was not.

AELTC appear to have themselves constructed a legal bridge. A previous case has been to the Supreme Court, which could take time. But the worry in the alternative would be that progress might have been held up by late legal intervention on the part of the Save Wimbledon Park Group.