A former funeral directors in Warwick has been put on the market months after planning permission for it to be turned into a house was refused.

Warwick District Council (WDC) threw out the application for the unit on St John's in April, despite the application saying there is no viable commercial future for a business there.

The unit has reportedly been empty since 2018, and was given permission to be turned into a salon in 2021 but the scheme never went ahead.

And now it has appeared on the market with local property agent Wareing and Co described as 'offices to let' for £20,000 per year.

The brochure describes it as: "A characterful three-storey property that was once a post office and has been recently refurbished."

It adds: "The property is located on St Johns, a small area of road which links Smith Street to Coten End located in the very heart of the historic town of Warwick

"Smith Street and Coten End form 2 of the main arterial roads in and out of Warwick with Coten End being one of the main roads linking Warwick to Leamington. As such, the property benefits from a high footfall.

"Within close proximity there are a number of retail and food and beverage users as well as residential dwellings."

When planning permission for the site was refused earlier this year, a council report said the development would "result in the loss of a retail use" in the town centre.

And it said the proposed house would have an "unacceptable level of amenity for future occupiers".

The project would have seen the downstairs turned into a kitchen and sitting room, meanwhile the staircase would have been moved.

The application explained: "The applicant intended to use the property for a beauty salon, however the level of internal works required to enable this change of use and to bring the property back into a reasonable state of repair, have prevented this proposed use on viability grounds. 

"The existing building needs significant repairs and modernisation and the potential yield from a beauty salon in this location would not be sufficient to enable this to be a viable use of the building. 

"The premises therefore remains vacant, as it has since 2018." 

See the full listing here.