Last updated October 2026
Most Lincolnshire court enquiries are from clubs, schools and homeowners with land to spare, and the LTA’s figures are the best starting point: £150,000 to £200,000 for a new set of four courts and £12,500 to £17,500 a court on average to resurface, with no VAT basis given. Sport England’s benchmark for a floodlit, fenced pair of macadam courts is £260,000, fees included. A single garden court is priced from a survey of the ground, the access and the fencing you want. Send a plan and Alex Winser arranges a visit.
| Lincolnshire court job | Typical price, ex VAT | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Four new courts at a Lincolnshire club | £150,000 to £200,000 | LTA |
| Two courts, fenced and floodlit | £260,000 | Sport England, Q4 2025 |
| Court resurface, artificial grass to acrylic clay | £12,500 to £17,500 | LTA average |
Which council decides a court in Lincolnshire, and is that changing?
Today it is your district council, such as South Kesteven or East Lindsey, under the county council, or North Lincolnshire or North East Lincolnshire, which are unitary councils, if you are in the north of the county around Scunthorpe or Grimsby. That is changing. In July 2026 the government decided to replace the county and district councils with two new unitary councils, one for an enlarged Lincoln and one for the rest of the county, expected to go live in April 2028; North and North East Lincolnshire stay as they are. A club planning floodlights for 2028 or later should check which council will decide its application.
Can grant money pay for a council court’s fencing?
Not always from the LTA. When South Holland District Council renewed the Ayscoughfee Gardens courts in Spalding, the LTA grant of £101,442.88 covered the courts, gate and booking app, but the council had to find £20,000 for fencing because the grant could not fund it. The LTA also appointed the contractor through its own national framework. For a parish or district, that means fencing needs its own budget line from the start.
What do clubs and towns get for a full refurbishment?
At Wyndham Park in Grantham, South Kesteven District Council’s refurbishment through the LTA’s Park Tennis Project, funded in 2023, gave two new tarmac surfaces to courts that had been unsafe, and they went on to win Lincolnshire LTA’s Park of the Year award. North East Lincolnshire’s courts at Haverstoe Park, Sussex Recreation Ground and Barretts Recreation Ground were renovated for £255,000 and reopened in September 2024 with a five-year operator and £5 an hour pay and play. That programme is for public park courts, so a private club or garden court is priced by us from survey; the tennis court construction page sets out surfaces and fencing.
Sources
- Lincolnshire County Council, decision on local government reorganisation, July 2026
- South Holland District Council, Ayscoughfee Gardens tennis courts report, June 2023
- LincsOnline, Wyndham Park courts win county award, Feb 2025
- North East Lincolnshire Council, park tennis courts reopen, Sept 2024
- North East Lincolnshire Council, playing pitch strategy, July 2020
- LTA, how much it costs to build or renovate a tennis court, read Oct 2026
- Sport England, Facility Cost Guidance Q4 2025, published Feb 2026
Will floodlights near homes get through planning?
Not automatically. North East Lincolnshire’s playing pitch strategy records two planning applications for the Bradley Football Development Centre refused, in 2018 and 2019, on noise grounds. Lighting a court or pitch near houses needs a lighting and noise plan from the start, and our planning guide for courts and pitches explains what to send.
Garden court or club court: what changes on a Lincolnshire plot?
Size, fencing, use and the ground. In the Fens and on the Wolds, the survey checks drainage and exposure, which shape the base and the fencing. A garden court is one court with lighter fencing and often no lights; a club court needs a run-off and fencing that suits matches and, often, floodlights. The survey checks soil, drainage and how a lorry reaches the plot. A school court can double as a multi-sport court with lines on a macadam base, which suits rural schools where one court has to serve several sports; our MUGA page covers sizes and fencing for a court shared with netball and football.
How it works
- 01Send a plan and photosThe site, the surface and the date it must reopen.
- 02We check the groundLevels and where the water drains.
- 03Written quoteBuilt around your reopening date.
Who runs a Lincolnshire job?
We arrange a vetted local surfacing contractor for Lincolnshire jobs. We confirm who within 2 working days, or tell you if we can’t. Alex Winser stays your single contact from the first call to handover, and the written quote names who does the work before anything is booked.