Here are the biggest planning stories from the last week in and around Kenilworth.

Padel courts and floodlights

Plans to build two new padel courts at Kenilworth Tennis, Squash and Croquet Club have been submitted to Warwick District Council.

The application also includes provision for eight more floodlights, an overflow car park and a bicycle rack.

The club hopes to attract up to 100 new members with the new courts.

Read about it here.

Athletes Village

The University of Warwick will host up to 2,000 athletes during this summer's Commonwealth Games after plans to build a temporary athletes village were approved.

Whilst athletes will be roomed in student accommodation, a temporary gym, clinic and recreation centre will all be built.

The village will only actually be in place for 28 days.

Read the full story here.

400 daily lorries through Balsall Common

A parish councillor has started a petition against HS2's plans to send up to 400 lorries through Balsall Common every day.

The plans have left people "distraught" according to Berkswell Parish Council member Cllr Andrew Burrow.

And Cllr Burrow said HS2 was arrogant for thinking it could just resubmit an earlier application with just a couple of small changes included.

Read the full story here.

K2L action needed

Cllr Andrew Milton has called on Warwickshire County Council to give a firm commitment for when the K2L cycleway would be completed.

The town and district councillor led a motion at Warwick District Council after WCC leader Cllr Izzi Seccombe said the cycleway could be another four years away.

Cllr Milton said: "Many residents and councillors campaigned vigorously over 30 years plus to make the Kenilworth to Leamington cycle route a reality and there was therefore much satisfaction when finally in 2020 the budget to make this come to fruition was agreed by the county council."

Read the full story here.

Dementia garden refusal 'hard to justify'

A Kenilworth resident has said that WDC's decision not to permit a local care home to expand is "hard to justify" with over 500 houses set to be built right behind it.

Kenilworth Manor Care Home had an application for a two-storey dwelling and a dementia garden rejected because of the impact the house would have on the street scene.

But resident Clive Peacock said it was more important to be providing for the dementia "epidemic" the county faces.

Read the full story here.

(Images by (L-R) Bill Nicholls via geograph.org.uk, David P. Howard via geograph.org.uk and pxfuel)