Jakarta Provincial Government Adds Conditions for Padel Court Construction Permits: Here Are the Details

Jakarta — The DKI Jakarta provincial government, through the Dinas Cipta Karya, Tata Ruang, dan Pertanahan (Citata), has added licensing requirements for padel court construction. The additional rules set minimum distances from housing areas and a road width that must be traversed by public transport.

Vera Revina Sari, head of Citata, said padel courts may only be located in commercial areas.

‘The nearest distance to a residential area is 160 metres, followed by a requirement that the road be 15 metres wide to allow public transport to pass. These are the additional requirements we are implementing,’ Vera told a briefing with Commission D at the Jakarta DPRD building on Wednesday (4 March 2026).

‘Padel has become a prominent phenomenon, drawing attention because there are so many that we could be mistaken for something else, ’oh, this is a padel court being built’.’

She admitted that in data collection since January 2026, they almost always encountered new data each time a data collection exercise was completed.

In the latest report to Governor Pramono Anung, there are 397 padel court buildings in Jakarta. Of that number, about 46 per cent do not have permits.

‘Not only building permits. They have already been built and are operating; none possess an SLF (Sertifikat Laik Fungsi). That is the problem, let alone the many complaints on social media,’ she said.

According to Vera, residents’ complaints generally relate to noise and parking, especially for padel courts located in residential areas.

‘The balance must be maintained. But what matters is that all regulations must be enforced,’ she emphasised.

From the data, almost half of the buildings do not have permits. Meanwhile, those with building permits have not yet obtained an SLF as an operational requirement.

‘Those with only building permits have them; for operation, none has an SLF yet. So actually all of them are in breach,’ she said.

Citata subsequently mapped unpermitted buildings, those in residential areas, and those receiving complaints.

For unpermitted buildings, sealing has been carried out even though the number is large, exceeding the capacity of field enforcement.

Meanwhile, for padel courts already built in residential areas, operators are required to obtain residents’ consent with facilitation through coordination with the local mayor.

Vera stressed that although the Detailed Spatial Plan (RDTR) already contains regulations, they are following Pramono’s instruction to add specific rules so that noise issues can be better controlled.