Images show what a six-court padel facility at Deeside Leisure Centre could look like
Planning documents submitted to Flintshire County Council show what a proposed padel facility at Deeside Leisure Centre in Queensferry could look like if approved.
The images reveal plans for six outdoor courts on the site of the disused tennis courts to the rear of the leisure centre on Chester Road West, along with a clubhouse built from two repurposed shipping containers.
The application was submitted by Soul Padel Ltd, a Manchester-based company which already operates padel venues in Stockport, St Helens and at Loughborough University.
If approved, Queensferry would be the company’s first site in Wales.
Padel is a racket sport played in doubles on an enclosed court, combining elements of tennis and squash.
The plans show five courts side by side along the north-eastern part of the site, each covered by a white fabric rain canopy on a steel frame for year-round use.
A sixth court, in the south-eastern corner, would be left uncovered.
Each court would measure just over 20 metres long by 10 metres wide, surfaced in blue synthetic turf and surrounded by a combination of tempered glass panels and wire mesh fencing.
The container clubhouse, positioned near the main entrance on the southern edge of the site, would include a reception desk, changing rooms, accessible toilets, a coffee bar with indoor seating, and an outdoor seating area under a pergola.
[Imagine from an existing Soul Padel site]
Soul Padel used the same container clubhouse model at its St Helens site, where a container-style building with a small cafe, shop and toilets sits alongside four covered courts at Queens Park Health and Fitness Centre.
The company has said it is aiming to open 40 courts across the country as part of a wider expansion programme.
The planning and design statement submitted with the application describes the proposal as a like-for-like replacement of an existing leisure use, bringing a disused piece of land back into active use.
It notes the site is within the settlement boundary for Queensferry, is served by bus stops on Chester Road West, and is within walking and cycling distance of residential areas in Queensferry and Shotton.
The application acknowledges the site falls within Flood Zone 3 for risk from the sea, and a Flood Consequences Assessment has been submitted alongside the planning documents.
A decision has not yet been made but is expected in the next few weeks.
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