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

Rugby Club Progress

Interviews have begun to find a new housing developer to help unlock Kenilworth Rugby Football Club's move across town.

The search for a new partner began after Bloor Homes confirmed it was withdrawing from the process earlier this year.

The developer was due to purchase the existing Glasshouse Lane sites and turn them into new homes, to help finance the club's move to Warwick Road, which has already been granted planning permission.

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Parking Problems

What will be done to solve parking problems around Kenilworth's new swimming pools?

That was the question from a local resident who has raised concerns about traffic around Abbey Fields to Kenilworth Town Council.

In a letter read at last week's council meeting, the neighbour said parking is already a problem on the roads around the town centre park, and said this will only get worse when the new leisure centre opens in 2026.

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Landfill Site

There has been "progress at last" on plans to bring a former Kenilworth landfill site into public use.

Kenilworth Town Council (KTC) has been pushing to bring the land at Cherry Orchard into formal use for nearly two years, with legal issues and red tape slowing the process.

But an update last week revealed a "very positive" meeting had been held with Warwickshire County Council, and the scheme is set to move forward.

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