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

'It's Time to Act'

“It’s time to act,” is the "urgent message" from locals trying to block plans for over 8,000 new houses in Hatton.

The village is one of 12 spots across South Warwickshire shortlisted for potential new settlements, but angry locals say it cannot support that many new homes.

Residents can have their say on the locations - as well as 24 other development areas - as part of the next stage of the new South Warwickshire Local Plan.

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Industrial Flats Plan

Plans to turn an industrial building next to the railway line in Warwick into ten new homes have been put forward to Warwick District Council.

Allworks Properties Ltd has applied for planning permission for the site on the Cape Road Industrial Estate which was once covered in sidings for the nearby railway.

The company now wants to change the office block into eight, one-bedroom apartments and two, two bedroom apartments.

Read the full story here.

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 given the green light, two years after they were first revealed.

Warwick District Council has granted planning permission for a new single-storey training centre to be built at Guide Dogs for the Blind Association' national breeding facility in Bishop's Tachbrook.

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 the full story here.

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