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

Billboard Blocked

Plans to install a huge digital billboard at Racing Club Warwick's ground have been thrown out by council planners.

Alight Media had applied for planning permission for the LED screen which would have measured 6.4 metres by 3.4 metres.

Multiple objections were received to the plans for Hampton Road, including from Warwick Town Council which said the advert was not in keeping with the local neighbourhood.

Read the full story here.

Country Park Problems

A "gap" exists between the amount of money available to create Tachbrook Country Park and the likely new costs for the project, a council report has revealed.

Warwick District Council (WDC) signed off on plans for the new 40-hectare public space in November 2022, but delays have continued to hit the scheme.

Councillors will next week discuss the funding issues for the project, with the updated cost estimates currently still confidential.

Read the full story here.

Projects Mergers?

£1.7 million could be saved by Warwick District Council (WDC) as it looks to merge two of its biggest infrastructure schemes.

The council's cabinet will next week decide on the move which could see the works for the new Myton Path and the new athletics facility off Fusiliers Way pulled into one huge project.

The local authority has been working on the two major schemes for several years and both form part of the much wider developments south of Warwick and Leamington.

Read more here.

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