Last updated October 2026
Padel Court Build designs and builds padel courts, and runs the planning application, for clubs, councils, schools, hotels, developers and homeowners in every part of the UK. Typical costs start at about £71,000 ex VAT and fees for one outdoor floodlit court on the LTA’s 2025 figures. Choose your area below for the council decisions and planning issues that shape a build there.
Coverage
Across the UK
We work across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Tell us where you are and we will confirm the price and timings.
Where are padel courts being built in the UK?
Everywhere, but London and the South East lead. In July 2025 LTA Padel counted 1,000 courts across Britain, with the most in its London and South East region and the fewest in Wales.
| LTA region | Courts |
|---|---|
| London and South East | 297 |
| North and West Midlands | 179 |
| South and South West | 172 |
| North and East Midlands | 153 |
| Central and East | 124 |
| Scotland | 45 |
| Wales | 34 |
Growth has carried on since. By May 2026 the LTA counted 1,825 courts at 551 venues, and construction data firm Barbour ABI recorded 872 padel planning applications between January and July 2026 alone, more than double the 2025 total.
Why does the area matter for a padel court?
Because planning is decided council by council, and councils have reached very different answers on similar schemes. The LTA publishes one set of national cost figures; what changes most from place to place is the planning risk.
A few recent decisions show the range:
- Employment land: Manchester refused eight indoor courts in a Strangeways warehouse to protect employment land, while Birmingham approved eight in a warehouse at Stetchford.
- Green Belt: Barnet, Cambridge and York have each refused schemes on Green Belt grounds, with Barnet approving a revised version once the canopies were removed.
- Temporary permissions: Croydon allowed courts in temporary structures for up to ten years, and Sheffield approved a warehouse centre as a five-year temporary scheme.
- Noise: Harrogate and Bath refused schemes on noise and Redditch officers recommended refusal, while Alderley Edge and Henfield won approval with barriers, hours and lighting conditions.
Each area page sets out what its council has decided, the planning points that matter there and how we approach a build in that place. Our padel court planning permission page covers the rules that apply everywhere.
Which areas have their own page?
Every place below has a page on padel court construction there, grouped by region.
London
South East England
East of England
South West England
West Midlands
East Midlands
North West England
Yorkshire and the Humber
North East England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
What if my area is not listed?
Send your enquiry anyway. We build across the whole of the UK, and the area pages only add local detail for the places buyers search most.
What can we build in your area?
Every service on this site is available wherever you are: padel court installation, panoramic padel courts, padel court canopies, indoor padel centres, tennis court to padel conversion, temporary padel courts and garden padel courts. Typical prices for each are on our padel court cost page.
Padel Court Build is a SustainPlan Ltd service. Whichever council your site sits in, the same team runs the job, with architects in London and the North.
Sources
- LTA Padel news, 17 Jul 2025 (courts by region) and 15 May 2026 (1,825 courts at 551 venues), checked 17 Oct 2026
- LTA, Padel Court Construction Guidance Note 2025 (one-court cost), checked 17 Oct 2026
- Barbour ABI, Padel court construction: why it’s booming (872 applications Jan to Jul 2026), read 17 Oct 2026
- Council decisions (Place North West, Place Midlands, Freeths, Cambridge City Council, YorkMix, Croydon Council, Sheffield Star, Stray Ferret, Redditch BC, BathNES, alderleyedge.com, Horsham DC)
