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

Pub's New Life?

A troubled Kenilworth pub could be turned into offices, if plans are approved by Warwick District Council.

Impenza Limited has applied for planning permission to convert the Cottage Inn on Stoneleigh Road into five offices.

The application submitted to the council said it is not viable to reopen the pub, which has been closed since last summer following another failed attempt to reopen it.

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A46 Reopens

New images shared by HS2 today (April 30) have shown the A46 reopened after a near three-week closure.

The dual carriageway has been shut between Coventry and Kenilworth since April 11 for the new bridge to be installed.

The A46 opened again last night, earlier than the planned May 1 reopening.

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Burton Green's Woes

Residents have described the disruption of living in a village dubbed the "worst-affected" by HS2 - after their small community was carved in half by a 700m tunnel.

Burton Green now lies completely divided by a HS2 construction site as work continues to build the Burton Green Tunnel.

Images show how the works have carved straight through the middle of the picturesque village making life a "daily nightmare, according to locals.

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