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

A Kenilworth councillor was "appalled" to discover one of the new shared cycleway and footpaths to the new Kenilworth School has been dug up just weeks after being completed.

Town councillors have been told £500,000 will be spent improving roads around Kenilworth by the end of the current financial year.

Town councillors have raised concerns about proposed changes to Kenilworth's fire service which they have labelled as the "wrong way forward".

A two-year delay on the new local plan - which could make way for 35,000 new houses in South Warwickshire - is causing unrest for locals, councillors have been told.

Kenilworth Town Council members have raised concerns about possible chnages to fire services (image by James Smith)

Warwick District Council

The new Castle Farm Leisure Centre officially opened this months after one and a half years of work on site.

Motorists will have to pay more for their parking in Kenilworth from January 2 2024, after the district council unanimously backed plans to put up prices.

The new designs for Abbey Fields swimming pools were signed off by councillors at Warwick District Council this December.

Green councillors have committed to a new economic strategy for South Warwickshire despite senior figures admitting they had done so tentatively.

Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire's chief fire officer Ben Brook insists controversial plans that will worsen response times for some areas "will save more lives" across the board. And locals can now have their own say, with the public consultation now live.

Over £6 million has been ring-fenced to double the capacity at a Kenilworth primary school.

Shire Hall, Warwick (image by James Smith)

Number crunchers at Warwickshire County Council say that council tax needs to be raised by the maximum amount allowed in order to balance the books.

The council is set to increase on-street car parking charges in five towns by more than a quarter from March. 

Rule changes brought in by Warwickshire County Council mean some objections to traffic orders will no longer require a review from the councillor in charge of highways. 

A resident who objects to new speed bumps in Kenilworth will have "no hesitation in suing" Warwickshire County Council if they damage his wife's car.

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