Last updated October 2026
This page covers new and resurfaced courts for clubs, schools and homeowners in York, North Yorkshire, Hull and the East Riding. On the LTA’s averages, four new courts cost between £150,000 (porous asphalt) and £200,000 (acrylic clay), and resurfacing one costs £12,500 to £17,500; the LTA does not say whether VAT is included. A single garden court is priced from a survey of the ground, access, fencing and power. Send a plan and the team books a visit.
Does our site have enough power for floodlights?
Check before you design, because it can decide the scheme. When Scarborough Borough Council approved floodlights and a booking gate for the Scalby courts in 2022, its report noted the supply was only 60 amps and unlikely to be upgraded to 80, so electrical work and a new distribution board went into the job. A club or rural school adding lights should send its supply details with the enquiry; the quote then includes the electrical work or flags an upgrade.
| Yorkshire court job | Typical price, ex VAT | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Four courts for a York or Harrogate club | £150,000 to £200,000 | LTA |
| A pair of lit, fenced courts | £260,000 | Sport England benchmark, Q4 2025 |
| Resurfacing, average by surface | £12,500 to £17,500 | LTA |
Who decides planning in North Yorkshire?
North Yorkshire Council, a single unitary since April 2023, for most of the county. Inside the Yorkshire Dales or North York Moors National Parks, the park authority decides instead. York has its own council, as do Hull and the East Riding. A garden court inside the Dales and one near Harrogate therefore go to different bodies, with different expectations on fencing and lights.
Is a court near York in the Green Belt?
Very possibly, and the boundary is now fixed. York’s adopted Local Plan, running to 2033, formally establishes the detailed Green Belt boundary, and the city’s Green Belt stood at 21,890 hectares in March 2025 after the plan released 510 hectares. That gives clubs and homeowners certainty about whether a site is in or out. Inside it, outdoor sport is allowed if openness is kept, so fencing height and lights are the points to settle; our planning guide for courts and pitches explains how.
What about the Selby area?
Treat it carefully. The former Selby district has 19,240 hectares of Green Belt, and North Yorkshire Council has stopped work on a new Selby local plan, so decisions still rest on the 2005 local plan and the 2013 core strategy. A club there should ask the council’s planners early which policies they will apply.
Sources
- This is the Coast, Scalby tennis courts refurbishment, Aug 2022
- City of York Council, Local Plan, read Oct 2026
- MHCLG, local authority Green Belt statistics 2024 to 2025, Oct 2025
- North Yorkshire Council, Selby local plan, Feb 2025
- North Yorkshire Council, Scarborough playing pitch strategy, Sept 2021
- LTA, how much it costs to build or renovate a tennis court, read Oct 2026
Is there a playing pitch strategy for the coast?
Yes. Scarborough’s playing pitch strategy, adopted in September 2021 with Sport England and the governing bodies, still covers that area while North Yorkshire’s strategies remain district by district. A club on the coast bidding for a court or pitch should quote it as evidence; the artificial pitches page covers 3G.
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.
Garden court or club court: what changes in the price?
Size, fencing, lights and, inside the Dales or the Moors, the park authority’s view of all three. A garden court is one court with lighter fencing and often no floodlights, so it sits well below the LTA’s four-court figure. A club court needs match run-off, taller fencing and, usually, lights and a booking gate, which is where the power question above comes in. The survey on a rural plot also checks the lane, the gateway and the ground, which decide how much excavation and stone the base needs. For an old court, the survey decides between resurfacing, where the base is sound, and a rebuild where it has cracked through or heaved, and prices both. A school court can also take multi-sport lines on macadam; see the MUGA page for sizes and fencing.
Who runs a Yorkshire job?
We arrange a vetted local surfacing contractor for Yorkshire 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.