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Plans to bring four temporary padel courts to a vacant site in Chelsea have been rejected by councillors despite receiving the backing of planning officers.
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Kensington and Chelsea councillors voted to refuse the application for The Clearings in Brompton Cross at a Planning Applications Committee meeting on Tuesday.
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councillors → vote → Tuesday
The proposal, submitted by KX Gym UK Limited, would have seen four covered padel courts installed on the brownfield site for 12 months, alongside a small café and accessible toilets.
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courts → submit → café
Council officers had recommended approval, but committee members said there was not enough information on issues including noise and the benefits the scheme would bring to the surrounding community.
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scheme → recommend → community
The decision comes amid growing demand for padel, one of the UK's fastest-growing sports, with courts often heavily oversubscribed across London.
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courts → come → London
Under the plans, local residents would have been able to book courts two days a week without needing to be members of the neighbouring gym.
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residents → book → gym
Speaking at the meeting, local ward councillor Walaa Idris stressed that her concerns were not about the sport itself.
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“Let me be clear.
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I have nothing against padel.
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It is a popular and healthy sport,” she said.
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I do not believe it is.”
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More than 80 objections were submitted to the council, compared with four letters supporting the application.
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Among those raising concerns was the executive headteacher of a primary school opposite the site, who warned the development could worsen congestion on Draycott Avenue.
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“I think that putting any more additional traffic along with the 20 taxi cabs that arrive for our SEND children alongside that would really cause a problem for us,” they said.
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“And I think that that’s something that hasn’t really been understood by the planning applicant.”
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that → think → applicant
The applicant argued the scheme would make productive use of a currently vacant site while providing a new sporting facility for residents.
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scheme → argue → residents
Planning agent Charlotte Jordan told the committee the proposal would provide “active surveillance of a vacant and disused brownfield site”, boost economic activity in the area and create a community sports facility while the site awaited future development.
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site → tell → development
She added that the plans would ensure the unused land served a “positive community function” during the interim period before construction begins on the wider site.
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construction → add → site
Councillors ultimately concluded that further detail was needed before the proposal could be approved, leaving the future of the temporary scheme in doubt.
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