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

Sixth Form's Future

Permission has been granted for the former Kenilworth School sixth form site on Rouncil Lane to be demolished.

A 'prior approval' application was approved by Warwick District Council this month, meaning the site can now be flattened.

Permission is yet to be granted for any homes to be built at Rouncil Lane, once the site is cleared.

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Industrial Delays

A two-year wait to find out whether six major industrial units will be built next to a Kenilworth housing estate is set to drag on, after councillors asked for more information.

Warwick District Council's planning committee was this week due to make a decision on the employment land at Thickthorn.

Planning officers had said a detailed planning application for six warehouses off Leamington Road should be approved, but councillors said questions remained about the impact the buildings would have on the local area.

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Field to Farm

A local farmer is set to have some of their land returned by HS2.

The high speed rail developer is due to give back 44,000 square metres of agricultural land around Ram Hall Farm.

Most of the land near Baulk Lane was taken in 2022, with a second, smaller parcel following in 2024.

Over that time, HS2 has used the grazing land for "temporary engineering and construction activities".

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