Anyone for padel? The Linden Club on Clee Road, Grimsby
THE grounds of the Linden Club on Clee Road in Grimsby could soon be playing host to a fast-growing sport.
The club has submitted a planning application to install four outdoor floodlit padel courts plus a shipping container to be used for changing, along with gates, pathways and associated works.
If planning consent is granted by North East Lincolnshire Council, the courts would be located on grassland in the north-west of the site.
The Linden is home of Cleethorpes Town FC and also has cricket pitches, while the clubroom often hosts social events.
The popularity of padel - sometimes described a cross between tennis and squash - is reflected not just by this planning application but by another one, submitted earlier this year, for a court to be built on the site of the former Jungle Zoo in Cleethorpes.
Subject to no unforeseen and overriding objections, both are likely to be approved later this summer.
Agents for the Linden say: "The proposal makes effective use of an area of underutilised grassland and complements the existing sporting and recreational facilities on the site.
"The development will deliver clear community benefits by introducing a growing and inclusive sport to the local area, promoting health and wellbeing, and supporting the continued investment and sustainability of Cleethorpes Town FC and the wider Linden Club facilities.
"The scale, layout, appearance and materials of the courts are appropriate to their setting and will not adversely impact the character of the surrounding area.
"Access arrangements, drainage, flood risk, landscaping and security considerations have all been appropriately addressed, with no detrimental impacts identified.
"The proposal therefore represents a sustainable and well-considered form of development that accords with local and national planning policy objectives."
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