I am submitting a freedom of information request about applications to open padel tennis clubs and create padel tennis courts in your authority area, specifically please provide responses to the below questions:

1. How many applications have you received to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date)
Zero, we have not had any planning applications for a new padel tennis club/courts.

2. How many applications have you approved to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
Zero, we have not had any planning applications for a new padel tennis club/courts.

3. How many applications have you received to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
Zero, we have not had any planning applications for a new padel tennis club/courts.

4. How many applications have you approved to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
Zero, we have not had any planning applications for a new padel tennis club/courts.

5. Has your authority converted existing tennis courts it owns to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
No, we have no padel tennis courts within the borough at the moment