Here are the biggest local planning stories from the past week.

5G Mast

Plans for a 30 metre-high 5G mast on the edge of Warwick have been approved.

Icon Tower Infrastructure Ltd (Icon) has applied for prior approval for the structure off Barford Road.

Plans submitted to Warwick District Council show seven sites in the area were assessed for the mast, and were graded red (not suitable) to green (most suitable).

Read the full story here.

Aldi to be Flattened

Council planners have given the green light for a former Aldi supermarket to be demolished to make way for a huge new storage facility.

Warwick District Council has granted planning permission for the works which will allow Big Yellow Storage to build 7,590m² of storage space.

Plans will see the Queensway supermarket flattened for the major new facility.

Read the full story here.

Hotel to Homes?

Fresh plans to repurpose an empty historic hotel have been put forward to Warwick District Council (WDC).

New designs would see the grade II listed Glebe Hotel turned into one big family home, with four houses still to be built in the grounds around it.

In 2023 a planning inspector granted permission for the Church Street building to be converted into four apartments, as well as for the extra new homes to be built.

This came after WDC had refused permission for the works, siding with 35 local objectors.

Read more here.

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