Court bid to prevent Spurs leasing rewilded London golf course fails

A football academy will be built on the site and campaigners say high court decision threatens other public parks

Public parks across London and beyond are being put at risk by a high court judgment in favour of Enfield council leasing a rewilded golf course to Tottenham Hotspur for a football academy, campaigners say.

The court has ruled that Enfield council is allowed to hand over more than half of the 97-hectare (240-acre) Whitewebbs Park to Spurs, which has submitted plans to the council to build a new women's and girls' academy on the green belt site.