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

Spoons Starts

Work is set to start on the new Wetherspoon pub in the centre of Kenilworth next week, nearly three years after the plans were first revealed.

An opening date and name for the new boozer are yet to be confirmed though, with the pub giants to start work on site on Monday 17 February.

Wetherspoon first confirmed it was coming to Kenilworth in July 2022, announcing it would take over the former Poundland unit at The Square.

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Inspired Villages

A huge new Knowle retirement village providing 170 care units for the elderly has been given the go-ahead despite campaigners' appeals there was no need for it.

Applicant C Coombs & Senior Living Ltd applied to knock the existing Stripes Hill farmhouse on the 10 acre site on Warwick Road down for the homes which would be aimed at over 65s.

Inspired Villages would operate the site and planned to create a community for retirees made up of bungalows, cottages, and apartments, with a variety of facilities available to residents.

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Avon Viaduct Plans

Designs for a new viaduct that will carry the new HS2 line over the River Avon have been given the green light.

Warwick District Council has approved the designs for the 140 metre structure at Stoneleigh, between the business park and Ashow Road.

Plans state the River Avon Viaduct will be a four-span bridge.

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