Slow progress continues to be made on plans to create new employment land on the edge of Kenilworth.

A planning application for six industrial units was put forward by Barwood Development Securities Ltd's for the land at Thickthorn in 2024.

The scheme was then updated last year after concerns the designs did not follow the Land East of Kenilworth Development Brief or the Kenilworth Neighbourhood Plan - both of which were designed to control how the town is developed.

But the application is still yet to be signed off by planners at Warwick District Council.

Speaking at last week's full Kenilworth Town Council meeting, Cllr James Kennedy provided an update.

"The case officer is still in discussion with the applicants regarding revisions to the layout which are needed in response to queries raised by highways and the town council," he said.

The application submitted to WDC would see six 'employment units' totalling an area of 22,000 square metres built on site.

Plans also include some 496 parking spaces, with traffic coming onto the site from the already busy Leamington Road.

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Town councillors previously raised concerns about access to the site, cycling infrastructure and the fact that part of town is not designed to accommodate HGV movements.

When planning permission for the neighbouring Kenilworth Gate housing estate - including 550 homes and a primary school - was approved in 2021, the scheme also included a major piece of 'employment land'.

The area has since been marketed with the local authority working to find investors to bring the industrial site forward.

See the full application here.