{"id":201643,"date":"2025-10-15T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201643\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:09:09","slug":"golf-centre-gets-green-light-to-install-padel-courts-on-former-nine-hole-course-local-news-news-macclesfield-nub-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201643\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf centre gets green light to install padel courts on former nine-hole course | Local News | News | Macclesfield Nub News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for padel courts at Adlington Golf Centre.<\/p>\n

The courts will be on part of a former nine-hole course which became unviable after some of the land was purchased for the Poynton Relief Road.<\/p>\n

The centre, which opened in 1992 as a driving range, now incorporates an academy course, a pitch and putt course and a graduate course.<\/p>\n

It has always operated as a ‘pay-and-play’ facility and is open to all members of the public without any private membership requirements.<\/p>\n

There were no objections to the proposal.<\/p>\n

A report from the council’s planning officer stated: “The application site lies within the North Cheshire green belt, where the construction of new buildings is generally considered inappropriate development under the NPPF (national planning policy framework).<\/p>\n

“However, paragraph 154(b) provides an exception for appropriate facilities for outdoor sport and recreation, provided they preserve openness and do not conflict with green belt purposes.”<\/p>\n

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Adlington Golf Centre (Credit: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

The report continues: “The site already accommodates active uses, including adventure golf, footgolf, driving range, which contribute to the existing impact on openness.<\/p>\n

“The courts would be located adjacent to other built forms, and views into the site would not be materially altered, especially with proposed landscape enhancements.<\/p>\n

“From both a visual and spatial perspective, the development is not considered to harm the openness of the green belt.”<\/p>\n

The application was approved by an officer under delegated authority, subject to conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for padel courts at Adlington Golf Centre. The courts will be on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-201643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}