Warwick planning roundup: 90 hectare quarry, new sixth form block and wildlife corridors

By James Smith

16th Jul 2022 | Local News

Here are all the biggest planning stories from the last seven days in and around Warwick
Here are all the biggest planning stories from the last seven days in and around Warwick

Here are the biggest planning stories from the last week in and around Warwick.

90 hectare quarry

A proposed 91.5 hectare quarry just 350 metres from a local village looks set to be included in a new minerals masterplan for Warwickshire.

Local residents have been fighting the possible development at Wasperton Farm near Barford for over seven years.

But the quarry is one of seven proposed in the new Warwickshire Minerals Plan which has been recommended for approval at Warwickshire County Council next week.

Read more here.

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Myton School

Plans to build a new two-storey teaching block at Myton School look set to be given the green light by Warwick District Council next week.

If approved the scheme will see a new block with 12 classrooms, offices, study space and a cafe built which will allow the school to take on an extra 190 pupils

Two temporary huts would also be demolished and turned into parking spaces.

See the application here.

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Wildlife corridors

Work has begun creating 'wildlife corridors' on grass verges across Warwickshire as the county's grass cutters are out in force.

Warwickshire County Council's team began cutting the rural verges in one metre swathes last week, with the work expected to take three weeks.

The council is responsible for maintaining nearly 25 million square metres of verges across Warwickshire.

And this year the verge cutting will aim to promote biodiversity by creating wildlife corridors.

Read the full story here.

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Language School

A former language school in Sherbourne, which dates back to the 19th century, can now be turned into a house following a Warwick District Council decision.

Plans to turn Sherbourne Priors into a home with at least nine bedrooms were submitted to Warwick District Council at the end of April.

The council said the change of use would not have a negative impact on the local community.

See the story here.

     

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