Plans updated for Rotherham's first indoor padel facility

Having already secured approval, Rotherham Business News reports that applicants have gone back to the drawing board to update proposals for a new padel facility in Rotherham - the first of its kind in the borough.

Padel is a form of tennis that originated in Mexico in 1969, grew across South America before making it to Spain. The sport is now rapidly expanding across Europe.

Plans from Top Play show how nine padel courts could be created in a vacant 33,654 sq ft warehouse at Hellaby, with one court described as a match court, surrounded by glass and viewing areas. The original plans also included an ancillary café / bar for users of the facility.

Now a new application has been submitted for the same building, with a few changes.

The padel court layouts remain the same, including the glass match court, but new plans for the ground floor show the reception, bar and kitchen remaining but with office space removed to make way for a gym. Changing rooms are now shown on a new area not on the original plans down the side of the building.

Upstairs on the mezzanine level, the seating and viewing area remains but original plans for changing rooms and office space have been replaced by studio space and a room for "fire and ice" treatments through a sauna/steam and an ice bath.

The courts could provide 12 staff positions and the proposed opening hours are Monday to Friday 7am - 10pm and Saturdays and Sundays 8am - 9 pm.

52 parking spaces are included in the plans and there is potential for further parking within the site curtilage. Sandbeck Way is subject to a no waiting at any time restriction.

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