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

Dementia garden refused

Plans to build a dementia garden at a Kenilworth care home have been rejected by Warwick District Council.

Kenilworth Manor Care Home had also applied for permission to build a four-bed house to meet the "increased demand" for dementia support.

But council officers said the plans had a "harmful impact on the setting of the nearby listed building".

Read about it here.

Electric charging shortage

Councillors have heard that more than 1,700 electric charging points will need to be built across Warwickshire by 2025 just to keep up with demand.

There are currently only 278 across the county.

And Warwickshire County Council wants residents to take part in a new panel to help shape the future of electric car travel in the county.

Read more here.

Pub refurbishments

The White Horse in Balsall Common is set for a major refurb in time for the summer.

The Kenilworth Road pub has been taken over by Wells & Co managed house division.

It will close again in April for the works to be completed before the big reopening in June.

Read the full story here.

Affordable housing shortage

Plans to build 7,000 affordable houses by 2029 look in doubt as the district council continues to fall behind its own planning targets.

But between March 2020 and April 2021 just 228 affordable houses were built in the district - 61 per cent of the council's target.

Since 2011 WDC has only hit its targets twice - in 2018/19 and 2019/20.

And the council said it "cannot be accurately forecast" whether the target will be met.

Read the full story here.

(Image by Ian Robb via geograph.org.uk)