A planning application has now been submitted to demolish the former Kenilworth School site at Leyes Lane and replace it with 224 homes.

The application has been submitted by Homes England and follows a recent public consultation.

If approved the development would see 40 per cent of the homes designated as affordable.

The scheme also includes an 'extra care' facility with 75 bedrooms for the elderly.

Allotments, cycle paths and a play area are all also included in the designs. 

"The aim is to achieve a development with a strong identity and distinct sense of place, whilst at the same time integrating with the existing built fabric of Kenilworth," the application to Warwick District Council said.

It described the plans as "a landscape-led design that retains the existing mature trees and shrubs wherever possible and introduces new trees and vegetation allowing extensive retention and enhancement of the development's green infrastructure, ecology and biodiversity".

Should the application be approved, a second 'reserved matters' application would then need to be submitted. This would deal with the detailed designs and arrangements for the homes.

In October, the district council confirmed the former school sites - which it owns - could be sold, but only with a development plan in place.

The local authority wants the land at Rouncil Lane and Leyes Lane to be turned into "high-quality, affordable, and environmentally sustainable homes".

No plans for Rouncil Lane have yet been revealed.

Click here to see the planning application.