Freedom of information response

Padel Tennis Court Applications

Publication date: 
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Request: 

I am submitting a freedom of information request about applications to open padel tennis clubs and create padel tennis courts in your authority area, specifically please provide responses to the below questions:

* How many applications have you received to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date)

* How many applications have you approved to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

* How many applications have you received to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

* How many applications have you approved to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

* Has your authority converted existing tennis courts it owns to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

Response: 

* How many applications have you received to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date)

We have not had any applications for Padel Tennis facilities in the Council area.

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* How many applications have you approved to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

We have not had any applications to open any new Padel tennis clubs.

* How many applications have you received to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

We have had no applications to convert existing tennis courts to Padel Tennis courts.

* How many applications have you approved to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

We have not approved any applications to convert existing tennis courts to Padel Tennis courts.

* Has your authority converted existing tennis courts it owns to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

Thurrock Council has not converted any owned tennis courts to Padel Tennis courts.

Request reference:
FOI 14388