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

Wardens' Move Shelved

Plans to move Kenilworth Wardens Sports Club across town and turn their current ground into a new housing estate have been shelved.

Last September Warwick District Council's (WDC) cabinet officially endorsed a scheme which would have seen the community club move to a new facility at Castle Farm, with the existing Glasshouse Lane site repurposed for 110 new houses.

But a joint statement from the local authority and Kenilworth Wardens has confirmed the "difficult decision" has been made to end the project.

The scheme is said to "no longer be viable" based on "current market conditions" which the statement described as "volatile" and different to when the project was first being considered.

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'Crucial' HS2 Building

HS2 has been given the go-ahead for its major new building in Burton Green which will be "crucial" in helping maintain the new railway line.

In the same week as the developer said it was halfway through the green tunnel in the area, the designs for the 'Burton Green Portal Building' have been approved.

Plans show it will be positioned near the eastern end of the green tunnel, which is currently being built.

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Fast (Food) Forward

New photographs show the progress on two new drive thru eateries at Leamington Shopping Park.

The former Frankie & Benny's restaurant at the Tachbrook Park Drive centre has already been demolished, with contractors working fast to create the two new fast food outlets.

Planning permission to create the drive thrus was signed off by Warwick District Council last year.

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