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

Leper Hospital

Restoration plans for some of Warwick's most important historic buildings have been given a significant boost with the awarding of grants from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England.

Funding of up to £138,838 received from players of The National Lottery will support the development of detailed designs and a historic interpretation programme for the grade II listed Master's House and St Michael's Chapel in Saltisford.

A further £40,000 contribution from Historic England has been earmarked to fund specialist archaeological investigations on the site.

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Hotel's Expansion

Plans to create another 27 rooms at The Warwickshire Hotel and Country Club have been signed off by the district council.

The Club Company has been granted permission to convert a number of farm buildings into 17 rooms, and to demolish a post-war barn to make way for a new block of 10 guest rooms.

The application, which was approved by Warwick District Council (WDC) last week, will also see a new 'link building' containing a small coffee lounge built on the green belt site.

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Developer Doubles Down

Fresh plans to build 69 homes off Goggbridge Lane have been put forward by a housing developer just months after a previous scheme was thrown out by councillors.

In March Warwick District Council's (WDC) planning committee refused planning permission for the development, saying the occupiers would have to keep windows closed to shut out unacceptable levels of noise.

Planning officers had recommended Taylor Wimpey be given permission to build a mix of market and affordable homes on the small parcel of land between Goggbridge Lane and the A46.

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