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Rapid Growth of Padel Courts & Important Noise Considerations
With the rising popularity of padel it is unsurprising that there is an ever-increasing demand for high quality courts on which to play, with many new developments now including them in their design.
Padel courts are beginning to appear in place of existing tennis courts, as well as both internal and external new locations across sports centres, spas, new residential developments, and smaller scale local padel clubs.
Padel, like tennis, revolves around the hitting of a ball over a central net, to be returned by an opposing player or team, but with the added element of squash, this can be done so through the rebounding of the ball on either the back or side walls of the court. With each hit and each rebound of the ball comes with it a very short sharp noise, with many of these noises in short succession making up a rally.
Unfortunately, due to this series of repetitive noises, padel games produce very distinguishable and high levels of noise, which has the potential to cause significant noise impact on surrounding occupants’ amenities if not assessed and mitigated correctly.
With our in house database of measured padel court noise and your proposed court locations we can use a calibrated, tried and tested modelling technique, to accurately predict the expected noise impact at the closest noise sensitive properties. Armed with this information, our team of specialists can provide you with bespoke mitigation design advice to aid in both the planning application, and the successful installation and running of your padel courts.
If you need assistance with this or any other leisure noise impact assessment, then please get in touch at: mail@cassallen.co.uk
