New padel centre wants to sell alcohol and offer entertainment

When it opens, it’ll offer coaching programmes, including school outreach and inclusive sessions

A much anticipated new padel centre in Peterborough has applied for a licence that will enable it to sell alcohol and offer live entertainment. Smash Haus Padel Ltd is looking to make further use of the Lincoln Road warehouse unit it secured as a sports venue at the end of last year.

In its application to Peterborough City Council on March 10, the company applied for a Premises Licence that would allow it to offer three activities:

• ‘On sales’ of alcohol from 10am to 10.30pm, Monday to Sunday
• Film screenings from 7am to 10.30pm, Monday to Sunday
• Indoor sporting events and live & recorded music from 7am to 11pm

Peterborough City Council granted Smash Haus Padel Ltd permission to construct four padel courts within a then empty warehouse at 1184 Lincoln Road on November 4, 2025. When it opens, padel fans will be able to book padel sessions by the hour between 7am and 10pm, Monday to Saturday and between 8am and 9pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

In addition, the venue will also offer coaching programmes, including school outreach and inclusive sessions for women and girls, and disability introduction sessions. It is believed the centre – the third padel development to be approved in Peterborough over the past year – will eventually employ four full-time staff members.

Any person wishing to have their say on the issue of Smash Haus Padel Ltd’s Premises Licence application must make their representation to Peterborough City Council at Sand Martin House by April 6, 2026.