Here are the biggest decisions that have been made by the three local councils in the last month.

Alongside a host of planning decisions, the last month has seen lots of CIL investment as well as the setting of council budgets.

Kenilworth Town Council

Town councillors have said they want Kenilworth to be a "safe haven" for refugees leaving Ukraine.

A feasibility study has been commissionedto investigate the possibility of moving the 30mph speed limit on Warwick Road closer to the town centre.

Further road safety measures are also to be discussed, with the council preparing to debate a fixed 20mph speed zone for the town centre.

And a further £27,500 will be spent from KTC's CIL budget to convert an overgrown footbridge for cycling use.

KTC has also announced that it will digitalise the free castle passes.

Warwick District Council

The last month has been dominated by financial news from WDC as it set its budget for the next financial year.

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The district has decided not to put up its council tax precept - although this has been criticised by a number of councillors.

Meanwhile Kenilworth residents will now have to pay for their green bins to be taken away, as WDC looks to generate over £1million per year with new charges.

At the last full council meeting two of Kenilworth's councillors brought forward motions aiming to improve the town.

Cllr Richard Dickson called for more pressure to be put on Warwickshire County Council and West Midlands Railway to upgrade the Leamington to Coventry rail line to a dual track whilst urging railway bosses to allow mainline train services to stop at Kenilworth Station.

And Cllr Andrew Milton urged the county council to give a firm deadline for the K2L cycleway.

Warwickshire County Council

Unlike the district council, WCC did decide to put up its council tax. It said this would pay for adult social care.

Leader of WCC Cllr Izzi Seccombe joined fellow councillors and MP Jeremy Wright in accepting a petition calling for better cycling access to the new Kenilworth school.

However after accepting the petition, Cllr Seccombe said it could be another four years until the K2L cycleway is complete.

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