Town councillors have continued to raise concerns about residents being left "marooned" at a new housing estate in Kenilworth.

Speaking at the most recent Kenilworth Town Council meeting, Cllr Andrew Milton said he has continued to push for better pedestrian access to the new Kenilworth Gate estate.

At present there is little pavement at the entrance to the Leamington Road development, meaning new residents effectively have to cross straight over or walk along the busy road if they want to head into town on foot.

None of the planned footpaths or cycle links for Kenilworth Gate have been built yet either, meaning residents at Charles Church's new development are effectively forced to only leave their homes by car.

"You have to own a car if you live there," Cllr Milton said. 

"I have pushed the developer, and they have come back to say there will be pedestrian crossings but they didn't say when. 

"I suspect it will be when the spine road is complete. 

"There will also be an access through to Thickthorn Close but similarly they can't tell me when that is going to open, it depends on how quickly they finish the houses and sell them because there is an acoustic barrier there. 

"Some of the residents there will effectively be marooned there for some time."

Charles Church is currently building 550 homes at the new development.

While full planning permission for the first 98 homes of the estate - which are under construction - has been granted, the developer is waiting for detailed plans for the rest of the remaining 452 to be signed off.

A Charles Church spokesperson said: "New residents to our Kenilworth Gate development will be able to access town by traveling along the Leamington Road via safe pedestrian crossings installed adjacent to the development.

"A pedestrian route is proposed to enable residents to walk through Thickthorn Close.

"However, this access is currently fenced off to prevent people from walking onto a live building site.

"Once the building works on the outskirts of Phase 1 are complete, we will open up this footpath for residents.

"The provision of the pedestrian access is dependent on WCC Highways Authority approving our S278 plans on both the lilo and signal control junctions on the Leamington Road both of which are currently with the Local Highways Authority for review.

 "We believe that our Kenilworth Gate development provides a desirable location for local people with easy access to not only Kenilworth town centre but also surrounding towns such as Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon."

Warwick District Council recently released the street names for the development - with all the names representing famous faces from the town's history.

Some of the new homes have recently been targeted by thieves, with kitchen appliances stolen.