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

HS2 Haulage

A local MP has said he is "really disappointed" and "very angry" that HS2 has been granted permission to send hundreds more lorries through Balsall Common every day.

An appeal to send up to 188 lorries each way along Waste Lane and Kelsey Lane was won by HS2 earlier this month, despite objections from locals and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC).

The council had blocked the original application, branding the plans unsafe.

But the decision has since been overturned by a planning inspector who said HS2's proposed road safety measures would make the route acceptable for HGV's.

Read more here.

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Residents Raise Thousands

Residents have raised thousands of pounds almost overnight in an attempt block a planning appeal which could see 83 new homes built in Leek Wootton.

Developer CALA Homes has requested an appeal for its latest application to build a new housing estate on land around Warwickshire Police's headquarters, having not received a response from Warwick District Council (WDC).

But locals, who do not want the scheme to go ahead, have already raised over £5,000 through a GoFundMe page to help fight the case.

Read the full story here.

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Solar Farm

District planners have said an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is not needed before plans to build a 50 hectare 'energy park' on the outskirts of Balsall Common can progress.

Exagen Holly Lane Limited has revealed a scheme to turn fields across two parcels of land around Meer End Road into a solar farm and battery energy storage facility.

The developer had submitted the scheme to both Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwick District Council, asking whether an EIA was needed before a full planning application is produced.

But Warwick District Council's planning department said this was not necassary.

Read the full story here.

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