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

Pub's Makeover

Kenilworth's oldest pub could soon be given a facelift, with plans submitted for a series of new signs.

A planning application put forward by owner Everards said the Virgins & Castle is having some "minor" internal redecoration and needs to replace its current signs "due to their condition/age".

In its application to Warwick District Council, the brewery said the current signs "do not support the development" of the High Street pub.

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Special School Scheme

Plans to make changes to a historic Balsall Common site to ensure it can be used as a special school once again have been revealed.

Diddington Hall in Kenilworth Road was previously used by special education needs school (SEND) The Island Project before it relocated to a site in Shirley last year.

Now Witherslack Group want to re-open the premises with a new special educational needs school based there, but says various work is needed to allow for its "refurbishment and amendments to meet the school's future operational needs".

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Farm Building's Future

Council planners have given the green light to turn a number of agricultural buildings at a Kenilworth farm into three homes.

Warwick District Council has granted planning permission for the development at Crackley Farm, which will see three, four-bedroom homes created.

This latest scheme comes after permission was already granted for the separate cattle shed at the farm to be turned into five homes.

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