Denistone Tennis Courts

I was approached by a resident who was concerned about a change in use of the local community tennis courts, located close to his residence. For many years the resident had lived beside the courts accepting the minor inconvenience from tennis games during daylight hours. However, in recent years the courts have been run as a coaching business with coaching continuing through to dark. Coaching can become annoying with many students on the court at the same time with shouted instructions.

As a result of resident submissions Council had offered a new lease to the operator with reduced hours to give residents some relief from coaching noise, but the operator would not sign the new lease and was continuing to operate as before. The matter came before Council last week and after hearing submissions from residents a compromise was reached. The tennis courts could continue to operate until dark for normal games, but coaching is required to stop at specified earlier times. The tennis association president and the coach were present and both accepted the compromise. Good result? Maybe. Lets see how it works over time.