The latest bid to build a new house in the gardens of a Kenilworth care home has been blocked by a planning inspector.

Clarendon Care Services Ltd has seen its appeal turned down after Warwick District Council (WDC) refused permission for the facility at Kenilworth Manor Nursing Home earlier this year.

It was the second time the local authority had thrown out such a scheme, having refused permission for a four-bed house and dementia garden at the Thickthorn Close site in 2022 also.

Planning officers at WDC blocked the latest scheme for a 'self-build dwelling' on an area of "disused lawn" saying it was not appropriate next to the grade II listed building.

And now, Clarendon's bid to get the decision overturned by the planning inspectorate has been quashed.

"The proposal, by way of its location, amount and use, is detrimental to the setting of, and is therefore harmful to, Kenilworth Manor, a grade II listed building," the inspector wrote.

"No public benefits have been identified that outweigh this harm and therefore."

Before the application was refused, objections were submitted by Kenilworth Town Council - which said the application did not have enough detail - as well as conservation officers.

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The previous plan was also refused for being "harmful impact on the setting of the nearby listed building".

See the full application here.

(Header image by Ian Robb via geograph.org.uk)