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

Hospital Redevelopment

Plans to demolish and rebuild the entrance at Warwick Hospital to create a "state-of-the-art" facility have been submitted to Warwick District Council.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has applied for permission to knock down the existing buildings and replace them with a three-storey extension.

The scheme forms phase one of the trust's masterplan to improve facilities at the 474-bed hospital.

Read the story here.

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Guide Dog Centre

Plans to expand a guide dog training centre on Banbury Road to create a "national campus for both training and breeding" have been revealed.

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has applied to Warwick District Council to build a new single-storey training centre next to its existing national breeding facility in Bishop's Tachbrook.

If approved, the new training centre will be built on a parcel of land called the Tollgate which was used for training by the charity until the new centre was built in 2010.

Read more here.

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Regiment's Memorial

A two-metre high antelope statue could be built in the grounds of Warwick Castle if plans are approved.

An application to build the bronze memorial statue for The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the Peacock Garden area of the Grade I castle has been submitted to Warwick District Council.

The Indian Black Buck statue is based on 'Bobby' - the regiment's mascot - and would be a memorial to members of the regiment who died during active service.

Read more here.

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