The future of a 156-metre long length of fence in Kenilworth remains in the balance after council planners said it needed to be removed.

The metal fence along a piece of land on Crewe Lane was installed in 2022 without planning permission, with a retrospective application refused by Warwick District Council (WDC) last year.

The local authority has since issued an enforcement notice against the structure, saying it must be removed - but the landowner has appealed the decision.

"There is an ongoing appeal against the enforcement notice," a council statement said.

"WDC has no dates for a decision due to the delays with the planning inspectorate.

"Should planning permission be granted then there will be no further action but should the enforcement notice be upheld then the owner will be required to comply with it."

The extent of the boundary for the fence (image via planning application)

When the retrospective application was refused last year, council planners said it was "incongruous" and "harmful" to the local area.

The plans also included a further 86 metres of metal fencing, all of which would have been 1.8 metres high.

Put forward by 'Premier Garden Centre', the scheme said the fence was for security reasons to surround a patch of land which could be turned into a garden centre and nursery.

The patch of wooded land - referred to as Kenilworth Arboretum - is opposite Kenilworth Golf Club and next to the 99 homes being built by Miller Homes, and the much bigger 640-house development on Crewe Lane.