A Bubbenhall quarry will remain open for three years longer than planned following a council decision.

County planners have given permission for Smiths Concrete to continue to use its Glebe Farm quarry until May 2024, having previously only had permission until 2021.

The site was first given the green light by Warwickshire County Council in 1991 with sand and gravel quarried until 2015.

Since then the Weston Lane quarry has been used for processing material from Smiths' Wolston Fields pit three miles away.

Three quarters of the 15.4 hectare Glebe Farm site has now been filled in, but the remaining 25 per cent is being used to dump silt and clay extracted from the other quarry.

Following WCC's decision it can now be used for waste disposal until May 8 2024, and must be returned to its original state before December 31 2024.

Smiths' planning statement said: "It would seem sensible to regulate this so that the company can continue importing silt and clays from Wolston to achieve the original levels at Glebe Farm.

"The remaining tipping area is relatively small and well screened with a large proportion of Glebe Farm having already been reinstated to original ground levels.

"It is not considered therefore there will [be] any significant impact arising from this proposal."

Smiths Croncrete is also planning to build a quarry on the 89 hectare Wasperton Farm site in Barford.

Residents have been battling the proposals for nearly seven years but a planning application is set to be submitted to WCC later this year.

The site is part of WCC's mineral plan which was subject to a public consultation until January 2022.