'Rearranged deck chairs on the titanic' - councillor give frank assessment on plans for 291 new Kenilworth homes

"All they have done is rearrange the deck chairs on the titanic."

That is how one Kenilworth councillor described updated designs for a major new housing development on the edge of town, after the developer behind the scheme had seemingly ignored a series of comments from the council.

Kenilworth Town Council (KTC) had already submitted an objection to the latest application for the land at Thickthorn which will eventually see 291 homes, a takeaway and local centre built.

Outline permission for the development has already been given the green light, but KTC has objected to the specific designs for this phase of the development, which will also see the long-awaited spine road built.

Since the objection was raised, developer Charles Church has slightly revised the designs for this section of the major new estate, but at a council meeting last week members were left disappointed that the range of issues they had previously raised have not been addressed.

Cllr Andrew Milton said: "I am slightly surprised that they can justify calling this revised, because it is not really. 

"The amendments as I have spotted are that they have slightly amended the spine road - putting a little kink in it - and have moved some of the properties around."