Plans for new permanent building for tennis club

Plans have been announced for a permanent building to replace a tennis club's seasonal dome.

The Caesarean Tennis club in Grands Vaux, Jersey, has 10 tennis courts, including four hard courts which are seasonally covered by an air hall or bubble structure.

The planning application is seeking permission to construct a permanent enclosure over the four courts to replace the seasonal structure.

It said this significant investment by the club would provide a "robust and resilient facility" that would be for nurturing "future tennis talent and for islanders of all ages and abilities to enjoy sport".

The planning application said the seasonal structure had been operational since 2014.

It said in that time it had been damaged three times, with a fire in a ventilation unit in 2019, the Grand Vaux floods in February 2023 and Storm Ciaran in November 2023.

Insurers had indicated that policy cover was unlikely to be renewed, it said.

It said the proposed plan would be insurable, with reduced operational costs and was to be maintained by local resources.

The size of the new structure would be fixed by guidelines from the Lawn Tennis Association.

It would be 61m x 36m and reach the same height of 10m (32.8 ft) as the previous structure.

It said the new structure would sit comfortably in the context of the wider tennis club, and noise and light pollution would also be reduced, which would benefit people living nearby.

Out of 34 public comments on the proposal, only one was in objection.

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