Here are the biggest Kenilworth planning stories from the past week.

HS2 Haulage

Balsall Common residents will soon face hundreds more lorries coming through the village every day after HS2 won its appeal to the secretary of state.

The high speed rail developer first applied to send nearly extra lorries through Balsall Common every day back in 2021, with the application rejected.

A second scheme was then thrown out again by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) last March, before an appeal was submitted.

And while SMBC maintained its position that sending more HGV's down Waste Lane and Kelsey Lane every day is unsafe, permission has now been granted for up to 188 two-way lorry movements through the village every day.

Read more here.

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270 Homes

Plans to build 270 new homes at Pheasant Oak Farm in Balsall Common have been revealed, with locals given until the start of June to have their say on the scheme.

Barwood Land has launched a public consultation on the development which could see the new estate built on land between Hob Lane and Windmill Lane.

The site has also provisionally been included in the draft new local plan for Solihull, despite opposition from locals.

Read the full story here.

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Cycle Funding

Over £400,000 has been ring fenced by the county council to improve cycling routes to the north of Kenilworth.

Warwickshire County Council approved the funding on Friday (May 12), alongside seven other schemes totalling £2.056 million.

The money has been collected from housing developers in the area through section 106 agreements.

Read the full story here.

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