Residents in a posh royal town have objected to plans to build three new padel courts at an upmarket tennis club over fears of the "gunshot-like" racket.<br /><br />Angry locals living in £785,000 properties worry their tranquility will be shattered by the three proposed new floodlit courts at Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club .<br /><br />The sports club already has one court and homeowners now fear a "Gunfight at the OK Corral'-style racket if the plans are approved.<br /><br />They say the existing padel court has already left the affluent area sounding "like a warzone" with players constantly shouting and swearing.<br /><br />And they are now concerned the extra courts would leave them facing a daily barrage of deafening noise and also bring down house prices in the leafy West Midlands town.<br /><br />The trendy game is a hybrid between squash and tennis and is considered the fastest growing sport in the world.<br /> <br />But residents say it has no place in a suburban setting as the banging noises from players hitting the balls can be "unbearable."<br /><br />Others worry about the impact on pensioners living in nearby care homes with the noisy sport often being played 12 hours a day - between 9am until 9pm.<br /><br />Media consultant Jason Kerrigan, 52, who lives just metres away from the private members club, which was founded in 1922, accused them of "bullying" locals.
