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

Tesco Express

ouncil planners have handed a boost to plans for a new Tesco express in Kenilworth.

Warwick District Council has granted permission for new signage at the unit on Albion Street.

Currently the shop is a One Stop, but it is set to be rebranded.

Nub News understands the change is to come later this year, and a short closure is expected while the unit is rebranded.

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Pub's Glow-up

Council planners have signed off on a Kenilworth pub's makeover.

Warwick District Council has granted planning permission for Ember Inns to install new signs and repaint the Green Man on Warwick Road.

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The application is for two sets of illuminated pub name signs, a double sided illuminated projecting sign and a non-illuminated sign.

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Tennis Court Delays

New tennis courts in Abbey Fields are a "long way off" a senior councillor has revealed.

Locals in Kenilworth are still waiting for news on when the new courts and duck feeding platform on the town centre park will be built, following the completion of the new Abbey Fields Swimming Pools.

When planning permission was agreed - for the second time - for the new leisure centre in 2021, a condition was put in place stating the courts would be replaced and the feeding platform renovated within three months of the pools opening.

The tennis courts were used as a compound for the developers during the build.

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