Here is a roundup of the biggest decisions that have been made by the local councils in the last month.

And for more local planning decisions, keep an eye out for our weekly updates published every weekend.

Kenilworth Town Council

Town councillors have backed a £125,000 spend to help deliver a "state of the art skatepark" at Kenilworth's Castle Farm.

A new secondary school must be built near Kenilworth before a new 4,000-house estate is built - town councillors have said.

Warwick District Council

District councillors will next week consider proposals for dog walking and other rules in parks across the area.

New photovoltaic solar panels have recently been installed at Castle Farm Leisure Centre in Kenilworth.

The South Warwickshire Local Plan is to undergo 11th-hour changes after a planning inspector advised that plans around green issues, affordable housing and infrastructure could be ruled unviable.

Warwickshire County Council

Calls have been made for a Warwickshire Reform councillor to resign after he said in an email the Pride movement has been "hijacked by groomers and mentally ill men" and that it is his "duty to promote the 'nuclear family' and all the benefits that brings".

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Cllr George Finch has since released a statement backing his colleague. But this has not been received well by opposition parties.

A Kenilworth resident was "livid" to discover that a young tree on a residential street had been ripped up and damaged by council contractors.

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service has improved in multiple areas, a government watchdog has found.

Kenilworth residents are being kept waiting again for a decision on major changes to Crewe Lane.

A nationally-renowned standards specialist has been drafted in by Warwickshire County Council after another set of complaints against leader George Finch met the threshold for external investigation.

The council has put off trading standards enforcement so it can afford leader George Finch's more ambitious but "partially unfunded" plans.

Cllr George Finch has promised a "comprehensive policy" will be created for Warwickshire's libraries.