Poppleton Community Centre want to construct a single storey detached tennis clubhouse, two padel courts and two petanque rinks.
Five additional parking spaces are proposed together with improved permeable paving paths and seating areas for access and spectating
The site is accessed via Main Street to the east, with a drive leading to a car park towards the
western edge of the site. The vast majority of the site remains open, with the predominant structure
being the community centre itself, along with the bowls club adjacent to Main Street.
Subdivision of the open areas, such as the delineation between tennis courts, bowls green, foot paths and play park is created with tall hedgerows and low-level fencing, with high perimeter fences to the tennis courts.
Constructed in the 90’s, the community centre building offers a wide range of facilities which include
an internal sports hall, functions rooms, kitchen, changing and showering rooms and a lounge & bar.
Since its completion, a conservatory structure which faces the tennis courts has been added to
provide a home to the resident tennis club and additional seating for the lounge.
More information about the plannig application can be found via this link
Padel‘s an innovative form of tennis which exponents claim is fun, easy to learn and extremely sociable. Played on an enclosed court about a third the size of a tennis court, groups of mixed ages and abilities can play together.
It is one of the boules sports that have ancient roots in Greece and Rome.
It can be played for leisure or competitively, with different strategies like shooting to knock away the opponent’s boules3
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