A new masterplan which will help direct several major projects to the south of Warwick and Leamington is set to be discussed by top councillors next week.

Warwick District Council's cabinet will consider the updated plan for the Myton Green area along Fusiliers Way which will help create "a new community heart for a new sustainable community".

Major projects in the area include a new community stadium, relocating the athletics track, extending Evergreen School and building a brand new school.

A new neighbourhood centre, church and the Myton Path are also included in the draft new plan.

"The masterplan proposal would enable the relocation of Leamington FC to the new Stadium which is an established local plan proposal and opens the opportunity to secure a gypsy and traveller site for the district by using their existing site," the report explained. 

"The masterplan proposal is therefore as much an active travel, economic and a place making project as it is an educational, sport and leisure one."

Cabinet has already discussed a specific report on the Leamington FC relocation and will consider detailed plans for Myton Path at the same meeting.

"The area to the south of Warwick, Whitnash, Leamington and around Bishop's Tachbrook has seen extensive development since 2015 as envisaged by the current local plan," the report added.

"In the region of five to six thousand new homes are anticipated with many thousands already built. 

"The Myton Green area is one of the new neighbourhoods being created in this wider area. 

"When fully developed it will have circa 1,200 homes with another 600 nearby south of Gallows Hill. 

"It has developed rapidly and presently has no local shops, nor primary school or community space."

See the full council report here.