Locals are set to be kept waiting on a council decision over whether a busy Kenilworth road should effectively be cut in half.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) has drawn up plans to create a 'prohibition of motor vehicles' section on Crewe Lane near the entrance of Kenilworth Golf Club.

The scheme would also see the speed limit reduced from national speed limit to 30mph.

A decision was due to be made by portfolio holder for transport and planning Cllr Jennifer Warren today (April 24).

While a council report in advance of the meeting said "do nothing is not an option," the scheme was pulled from the meeting's agenda and the council's report taken down from public view.

A notice on the council website simply says: "This item has been withdrawn pending further review."

The WCC website did not give any more details nor say when the decision would be made instead.

If approved, the works would effectively see a 99-metre break in the road outside Kenilworth Golf Club's entrance.

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The prohibition order proposed for Crewe Lane (image via Warwickshire County Council)

This would mean Crewe Lane would stop being a 'through road'. A gate would be provided to allow emergency vehicles to pass through. 

The entrances to the gold club would both need to be changed to allow two-way access.

"The western section of Crewe Lane, which joins Glasshouse Lane in Kenilworth, is a narrow unlit rural lane subject to the national speed limit and unsuitable for high volumes of through traffic," a council report said.

"It has an average width of less than five metres which makes it difficult for two vehicles to pass, and there are no footways, except on the corners of junctions with Glasshouse Lane/ Knowle Hill and Lancelotte Avenue.

"The junction with Glasshouse Lane/ Knowle Hill and Hidcote Road is a staggered crossroads on the crest of a hill with poor sightlines."