Lynnsport could get a \u00a31million government grant for a major court upgrade.<\/p>\n
West Norfolk Council is in talks with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) for the latest development of covered tennis, padel and multi-use courts.<\/p>\n
Deputy leader Cllr Simon Ring has described it as a \u201cgame-changer\u201d for the area, as the hub is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.<\/p>\n
Lynnsport could be getting a major upgrade. Picture: Ian Burt<\/p>\n
It comes after Lynn was identified by the LTA as being an area which lacks community access for these sports.<\/p>\n
If approved, a \u00a31million grant would be awarded through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>\n
Councillors are set to discuss the plans at the Environment and Community Panel on Tuesday, and Cabinet next Thursday before it hits full council.<\/p>\n
Cllr Ring said: \u201cThis is a collective decision for councillors – but as a Cabinet member I see this prestigious national grant funding as an ace opportunity for our residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough inclusive, year-round provision, this will support children and young people, older and isolated residents, disabled people and community groups to be more active, connected and engaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking with the LTA, this will be a game-changer for tennis provision in West Norfolk.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a significant shortage of indoor tennis, padel and covered flexible sports space – but now we can get significant national investment to improve access to affordable physical activity and wellbeing opportunities, particularly for residents living in areas of greatest deprivation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project would see the four current outdoor courts at Lynnsport covered to allow year-round play.<\/p>\n
One of the courts would be extended and turned into a multi-activity games area for things like netball and basketball.<\/p>\n
Alongside this, three new premium covered padel courts will be constructed.<\/p>\n
Cllr Ring added that it could make room for more participation, coaching programmes and well-being initiatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis exciting proposed project is not simply an investment in a high-quality yet affordable leisure facility – but an investment in healthier people, stronger communities and improved life opportunities across West Norfolk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lynnsport could get a \u00a31million government grant for a major court upgrade. West Norfolk Council is in talks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[192,8781,4475,229,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-694704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-human-interest","tag-kings-lynn","tag-planning","tag-politics","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694704","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=694704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}