Padel courts planned for oldest golf course

Plans for padel courts to be located at one of the country's oldest golf courses have been submitted for consideration.

Padel is a racquet sport which is a cross between tennis and squash and has been growing in popularity across the world.

A company named Padel X recently submitted a planning application to Peterborough City Council to construct two courts in the car park area of Burghley Park Golf Club.

The plans were withdrawn by the company on 25 March, but it has been confirmed they will be resubmitted after a small number of tweaks recommended by planning officers.

Several other planning applications were also considered by the council in March, including an outline application for an 80-bed care home on land to the north of Elm Friars Close, Stanground, and a full planning application for a 66-bed care home on land off Thorpe Wood.

Planners will make a decision on both those applications at a later date.

Meanwhile a 17-bedroom annexe will be built in the car park of the existing Premier Inn in Hampton after approval was awarded.

It received no objections from residents or interested parties.

Fresh plans for 24 new homes in Glinton were resubmitted in March after the developer's initial application was refused.

Applicant, Hereward Homes Ltd, claimed the site off Peakirk Road was a "suitable location" for the housing development.

The latest application claims to address previous concerns raised, including one by Peterborough's highways department over parking plots.

City council planners will make a decision on homes application at a later date.

Finally the construction of three new industrial warehouses at a business park in Hampton has been given the go-ahead.

Beeson Wright Ltd has already come to arrangements with three companies to occupy the warehouses located off Club Way, Cygnet Park.

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