Fresh plans to turn a canalside pub into flats have been submitted to Warwick District Council (WDC), just months after the building was put up for sale.

Developer Cresco Investors Limited had previously applied for planning permission to flatten the Waterside Inn and replace it with a 40-bed apartment building before withdrawing the plans earlier this year following a number of objections.

Previous planning applications to WDC had said there had been a "universally negative" response to try and secure a new operator to reopen the business.

The Queensway boozer was then put on the market with local agent Bromwich Hardy, with a guide price of £2,750,000. The listing has since been taken down.

And now a fresh application to redevelop the site - again from Cresco - has been submitted to the council.

If approved, this latest scheme would see the Waterside building turned into eight residential units.

The first floor, which is already accommodation, would be split into two apartments, while the ground floor would be turned into six dwellings.

Plans show there would be a mix of studio and two-bedroom flats.

"The proposal seeks to bring life back to a site which has remained vacant for over four years," the application says.

"Our aim is to provide high quality, residential accommodation in an area of Leamington which offers the necessary amenity required for this use. In tandem which this, we seek to improve the material performance of the building internally, thus retaining the external fabric of the building and protecting the integrity of the Canal Conservation Area.

"To further enhance the area, it is proposed to increase the 'green' spaces of the site to ensure biodiversity is maintained and the amenity of the residents is protected.

"With all things considered, we believe the proposal endeavours to provide accommodation which adheres to national a local planning policy and the associated building regulations in England."

See the full application here.

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