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

Student Accommodation

Coventry councillors have refused permission for a 544-bed student accommodation block that has been strongly opposed by neighbours.

Developers wanted to knock down a two-storey office building at Westwood Way for purpose built student flats six storeys high at their tallest point.

The council's lead planning officer said plans should be approved as the block would "respect the scale and character of the surrounding area."

But the scheme was met with an outcry from locals, who lodged 86 objections and signed petitions in their hundreds opposing it. 

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Hotel's Expansion

Plans to create another 27 rooms at The Warwickshire Hotel and Country Club have been signed off by the district council.

The Club Company has been granted permission to convert a number of farm buildings into 17 rooms, and to demolish a post-war barn to make way for a new block of 10 guest rooms.

The application, which was approved by Warwick District Council (WDC) last week, will also see a new 'link building' containing a small coffee lounge built on the green belt site.

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More Developments Discussed

A further 12 sites for potential new housing developments around Kenilworth have been suggested to the local councils.

The plots have been put forward as part of the second 'call for sites' for the new South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP).

Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils had already asked locals to suggest areas for development in 2021.

Published in January 2022, the first set of results outlined some 555 possible sites for new housing across the region and included an initial 13 potential new housing around around Kenilworth.

However, the councils said more sites were needed, and launched a second consultation.

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