Here is a roundup of the biggest decisions that have been made by the local councils in the last month.

And for more local planning decisions, keep an eye out for our weekly updates published every weekend.

Warwick Town Council

Warwick's mayor was among the special guests invited to celebrate the opening of a new housing development in the town.

Town councillors have voiced their disapproval that the new owners of a Warwick pub completed a major renovation project without planning permission.

Warwick District Council

Over £340 million was brought into Warwick district through tourism last year.

The council is appealing for information after old tyres were dumped along a busy Warwick road.

Only some car parks in Warwick could have their prices put up next year.

Green bin charges in Warwick district look set to remain the same next year.

The transfer of 20 new council homes has begun, with the homes set to provide 'much needed' affordable and energy efficient housing options for local people.

Leader Ian Davison is happy to bide his time despite the spectre of Labour's unnecessary threat to dissolve a power sharing pact.

Councillors across Warwickshire are braced for changes that will see them lose the chance to vote on many planning applications.

The district council is set to write to central government asking for the number of houses required in the new local plan to be reduced.

District council officers are currently snowed under dealing with 12,000 responses to the draft of the new local plan.

The council has announced it is introducing safeguards to ensure that homes purchased on new-build estates for its tenants remain affordable, high quality and sustainable, with tougher checks on service charges and maintenance costs.

Leader Ian Davison narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence amid brewing frustration that Green and Labour councillors are being dictated to by political masters.

Warwickshire County Council

Motorists in Hatton are being warned of major disruption this autumn as six weeks of roadworks are planned.

Plans for two new unitary councils to run services in Warwickshire are back on but the reshuffle has been delayed by one year.

Four-and-a-half months on from protests and police involvement, the public finally has its chance to comment on plans to scrap an equalities service.

A Warwickshire councillor is set to ramp up his quest for all elected officials to undergo and publish criminal record and drugs tests.

Leader George Finch says Pride displays near entrances and children's areas of libraries are evidence of children being indoctrinated.

Former leader Rob Howard has accused Microsoft of "blackmail" as the authority braces itself for a hike in software costs of around £3 million annually.

The speed limit will not be reduced and a crossing without traffic lights is the preference for Leamington Road.

George Finch is set to be cleared by a third standards investigation – albeit with the help of laws that Reform UK tried to abolish.

Plans for a £2 million foot and cycle bridge to serve an "isolated" housing development are set to move forward – but residents are still in for a wait.

More disabled parking will be created in Warwick, the county council has confirmed.