Kenilworth planning roundup: Wickes, Vets and Sainsbury's

By James Smith

7th Sep 2024 | Local News

A hoarding outside the unit says Wickes will open in October 2024 (image via Stoford)
A hoarding outside the unit says Wickes will open in October 2024 (image via Stoford)

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

Wickes

Wickes' new store in south Warwickshire is expected to open this October, after the DIY retailer secured a 15-year lease for the new base.

Leading commercial property developer, Stoford, has leased a new 38,650 sq ft unit on off Tachbrook Road to the company.

Unit A is a net zero carbon building which has been speculatively developed at Spa Park, and has already had planning permission secured for a number of changes for Wickes.

Read more here

Vets

Yet another planning application has been put forward to Warwick District Council to turn part of a Kenilworth industrial buidling into a vets.

'Kenilworth Vets' has already been given planning permission for a series of changes at the Bridge Works to repurpose the former furniture workshop.

Warwick District Council has signed off on new signage, entrance, doors and glazing.

But now Kenilworth Vets has submitted a 'change of use application' to the council, asking for the unit to no longer be designated for 'light industrial' use.

Read the full story here.

New Supermarket

Fresh plans for a supermarket at a new housing estate off Westwood Heath Road have been put forward to Warwick District Council.

Outline planning permission for the shop was granted in 2018 alongside a scheme for 425 new houses.

While construction on the new estate is well underway - with many of the first phase of homes now occupied - work on the supermarket is yet to begin.

And now HDD Westwood Limited has submitted a fresh application to the council, asking to change the design of the shop.

Read more here.

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