More winter tennis on way in Beauchief

A £90,000 project to install new floodlights at Beauchief Tennis Club has taken a step forward.

Sheffield Council has approved planning permission for the club, on Cockshutt Avenue, to put up 12 six-metre-high lighting columns.

Two of the club’s existing seven tennis courts are already illuminated and the organisation has been given the go-ahead to add floodlights to the three courts closest to the clubhouse.

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Approving the plans, council officers said the fact that the site lies within the Green Belt was taken into consideration.

But they added: “This proposal aims to increase the usage of the tennis courts by making more of the courts available on a year-round basis rather than just in the summer months.

“Arguably therefore, this proposal will lead to increased use of the Green Belt for leisure purposes.”

However, a condition was added stipulating that the new floodlights can only be used until 9pm - half an hour earlier than the existing lights’ cut-off time - to avoid causing nuisance to nearby residents.

Sport England has already offered £62,150 towards the project’s total cost of £90,150.