Padel Plan

Padel Plan is a specialist planning consultancy dedicated to padel. We help operators, clubs, landowners, hotels, universities and developers secure planning permission for padel courts and associated leisure facilities across the UK.

Padel Plan is provided by IC Planning, and our planners are members of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). To date, the team has assessed more than 200 potential sites and secured approval for over 100 courts. Our work spans indoor centres, outdoor and canopied courts, and sites at retail parks, sports clubs, hotels, farms, public parks and universities.

Our approach is to identify planning constraints at the outset, such as noise, lighting, flood risk, heritage, Green Belt, protected landscapes, ecology and access, and to shape each proposal so that it has the best chance of approval. We then guide the project through each stage of the planning process. Key services include:

• Site feasibility assessments and planning appraisals
• Design and layout advice, working alongside architects
• Pre-application engagement with local planning authorities
• Community and stakeholder engagement
• Preparation and submission of planning applications, including Planning, Design and Access Statements and heritage assessments
• Town centre sequential tests, retail and leisure impact assessments, and employment land assessments
• Coordination of noise, lighting, ecology, Biodiversity Net Gain, transport and tree assessments
• Section 106 negotiations, discharge of conditions, planning appeals and enforcement matters, including retrospective applications

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