They are worried the new game will be louder than tennis - which is already played at the East Anglia Tennis and Squash Club - if the site's bid for a padel court is given the go-ahead.

East Anglia Tennis and Squash Club lodged a second application for another padel court at its site on Lime Tree Road (Image: Newsquest)

Some of the people objecting to the plans, which were lodged in June, live just a few meters from where the court is proposed to be built.

Erin Riches, 45, said: "I'm just worried that the padel would be louder than the tennis.

Erin Riches, 45, who lives on Plantsman Close (Image:........

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