Nearly £2.3 million could be invested in local roads, if plans for 224 new houses and a care home in Kenilworth are approved.

Councillors will next week consider Homes England's application for the former school site at Leyes Lane, with a report from council planners recommending planning permission be granted.

The application has been met with 69 objections from locals alongside feedback from local agencies, the county council and local healthcare providers.

Warwickshire County Council's highways team has assessed the plans and has requested the developer pay £2,292,294.82 towards the 'Kenilworth Infrastructure Delivery Plan' (IDP), if the application is approved.

This total would be agreed through a section 106 agreement - a legal agreement between Warwick District Council and Homes England setting out how much money the developer will pay towards local services.

This is standard practice for major housing applications.

The county's highways team wrote: "Since the initial submission additional information has been provided, including modelling, to allow for a further review into the development impacts.

"This site forms part of the current local plan and so was assessed as part of the local plan development and mitigation identified.

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"The modelling confirms that the mitigation identified within the local plan is sufficient to mitigate the development impacts and therefore, as with all sites within Kenilworth, a S106 contribution will be required towards the Kenilworth IDP which includes measures to increase capacity on the highway and improve connectivity through walking, cycling and wheeling."

The county's team said £9,153.61 will be required per house - reaching a total of £2,050,408.64.

On top of this an extra £241,886.18 would be required for the proposed 75-bed care home.

Highways officers said footpath and cycleway improvements are planned for Leyes Lane and are likely to cost £263,000. This money would be taken from the section 106 pot.

Officers have also said conditions should be put in place to ensure no houses are occupied until the vehicular access is built, and no more than 50 should be occupied before the cycle route is complete.

Meanwhile, NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB has requested £419,777 to "mitigate increased demand for doctors surgeries as a direct result of this development".

South Warwickshire University NHS Trust has asked for a contribution of £449,427 towards hospital services, and Warwickshire Police £80,108.32 for increased demand to police services.

If Warwick District Council's planning committee approves the application next week, the section 106 agreement and these figures would then need to be finalised before development begins.

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Click here to see the council report in full.