Padel courts rejected as unsuitable for countryside location

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 15:46 · Archive

Plans for two padel tennis courts at a North Yorkshire Water Park near Scarborough have been rejected by planners.

Padel X proposed constructing two floodlit outdoor padel courts at Wykeham Lakes, the popular leisure attraction near Scarborough, alongside its existing watersports facilities. The application attracted no objections from local residents and was supported by Hutton Buscel Parish Council. Highways officers, environmental health specialists, ecologists, the Environment Agency and the Vale of Pickering Internal Drainage Board also raised no objections.

However, planning officers concluded the development conflicted with countryside and sustainability policies. A council report stated: 'The size of the padel courts and nature of the activity does not demand a location within the open countryside.' Officers suggested the courts could be accommodated within built-up areas, like many tennis clubs.

Planners found the applicant had failed to provide 'substantive evidence' of a need for the facility in that particular location or that demand could not be met elsewhere. Planning permission has already been granted for padel courts in Cayton, Scalby and Eastfield, which planners described as 'more sustainable locations'. The report concluded the proposed facilities 'cannot be regarded as essential' and there was 'no identified need' for them in the countryside.

How it is being reported

• Rejected padel courts don’t belong in the countryside, planners sayPLANS to build two padel tennis courts at the North Yorkshire Water Park near Scarborough have been rejected after planners concluded the sport did not require a countryside location and would encourage car-dependent travel.York Press · 30 Oct, 15:20
• Rejected padel courts don’t belong in the countryside, planners sayPLANS to build two padel tennis courts at the North Yorkshire Water Park near Scarborough have been rejected after planners concluded the sport did not require a countryside location and would encourage car-dependent travel.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 30 Oct, 15:20

In this story: Padel X · North Yorkshire Water Park · Scarborough · Wykeham Lakes · Hutton Buscel Parish Council · Environment Agency

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