End of game for the enthusiasts of the Padel, near the castle of Versailles. Justice has validated the appeal of the town hall and residents to obtain the destruction of three sports fields. In question: nuisance to nearby inhabitants, caused by this discipline close to tennis and popular, especially in Île-de-France.

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Since the end of 2024, residents of this Versailles residence (Yvelines) can no longer. Heavy noises are heard in the middle of the vegetation: a consequence according to them of the construction of Padel land.

“The padel has brought significant noise pollution that we hear very distinctly, since it is an extremely calm environment. Noise pollution, because there are three shorts with two players on each of them“, Landers Gérard Médal, president of one of the neighboring condominiums.

Exasperated, these inhabitants called on justice. The judges have spoken for an imminent destruction of these facilities. The Trianon Palace has not authorized the France 3 Paris-Ile-de-France teams to access the Padel land, located in its enclosure. Located in the protected sector of the Palace of Versailles, these land should never have come out of the ground.

The Judicial Court of Versailles (Yvelines) had spoken out in favor of the complete withdrawal of these installations, July 11. The Hotel ranked five stars has been summoned from “delete“Of these three structures 7 meters high, within one month from this date. Beyond, the luxury risk establishment”a penalty of 500 euros per day for three months“.

The Trianon had been warned by the city’s town planning service at the end of last November. A formal notice had followed on December 10. Before the site visit of an architect of Buildings in France led to the establishment of a report in early 2025. In question: several offenses identified in the town planning code. Without counting two last formal formalses, by municipal decrees taken on February 11.

Several acts justified by the particular status which frames this area. “”There are obviously heritage protections which are very strong in this place. People did not understand, since they said ‘but we are always asked to have to fill out complicated files and often we have no authorization. And there, there is this construction which is made without any request“, justifies François de Mazières, mayor (various right) of Versailles.

This racket sport was created in Mexico. He experienced an exponential growth of his followers in Île-de-France. The construction of padel tracks increases, as is the number of practitioners. 316 tracks exist to date in the Île-de-France region: 51 % increase in the space of one year according to the French Tennis Federation. At the same time, there are now 10,112 in Ile -de -France licensees. An annual increase of 73 %.

These equipment which reduces or even remove the nuisances are also installed in Port-Marly (Yvelines), and their constructions are entrusted to expert acoustic companies. “”Today, you have many built buildings, which take these noise pollution into account. Having these presses prevents that there is too much noise“, notes Franck Binisti, editor -in -chief of Padel Magazine.

The rise of this sport is reacted to the political world. July 15the deputy (ensemble for the Republic) of the North, Violette Spillebout, asked the Minister of Sports, Marie Barsacq, the creation of regulations to supervise the establishment of the Padel land.

With Maïla Mendy