All England Lawn Tennis Club’s controversial plan to triple the size of Wimbledon with 39 new courts to be built on a nearby golf course have been approved by the London mayor’s office.

The ambitious project involves building a third covered show court with capacity for 8,000 spectators, alongside the new grass courts around a lake.

AELTC has said the project would deliver one of the greatest sporting transformations for London since 2012 and would create 27 acres of new parkland, free for the public to access and enjoy.

The new 28m high court with retracting roof will be 29m high and is planned to be built using extensive pre-fabrication to reduce time on site and distrubance.

The plans have been designed by architect Allies & Morrison, alongside Buro Happold as MEP consulant with Turner & Townsend on board as cost consultant.

The Club bought the lease of the neighbouring Wimbledon Park Golf Club for a reported £65m in 2018.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is understood to have decided not to call the plans in for ministerial scrutiny.