A second application to repurpose a Kenilworth Hotel has been withdrawn by the same applicant.

A scheme submitted to Warwick District Council would have seen the Peacock Hotel turned into 14 apartments, with a house at the rear of the hotel demolished and replaced with three family homes.

The application had been submitted after a previous plan to turn the Warwick Road venue into student accommodation was withdrawn.

But now both have been taken off the table.

The Peacock has been subject to a number of applications in the past few years and was given permission in 2019 to become an HMO but the scheme was delayed due to the pandemic.

The need for the 32-bed venue to have a change of use was made clear by the previous application.

It said: "The Peacock Hotel has been operating for a number of years under the current management and ownership team. 

"They have found a steady drop in demand over the years (pre pandemic) due to larger chains offering an easier way of booking online, with their significant IT and marketing budgets. 

"Post pandemic, they have not seen any significant change in this state and decisions have been made about a viable future for the site."

Kenilworth Town Council had placed a holding objection on the plans while it waits for a full report from Warwickshire County Council's highways department.

While Cllr Andrew Milton said the new plans were "better than the last application", he still raised concerns.

"The main issue is about traffic and parking," he said at October's KTC planning committee meeting.

"I think it is probably worthy of an objection on this basis because it is going to create too much usage on Warwick Road - too many turns in and out of the site."

Councillors also pointed out that the proposed six parking spaces between the three family homes and one space per apartment would not have been enough.