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

Medical Centre

Residents on Warwick's Packmores estate have failed in a bid to take over a former medical centre to use as a community hub.

Council leader Cllr Izzi Seccombe said a meeting would be arranged between herself, other portfolio holders and residents to find a way forward but added that she felt that the medical centre was not the right solution.

She explained: "We know that Packmores is a community that deals with a lot of deprivation and a lot of need but this [building] isn't Packmores and my concern is that I wouldn't want to see is that we neglect the needs of some because of moving a mile plus to here."

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Affordable Housing

Concerned villagers must wait and see if extra affordable homes on green belt land are given the thumbs up … by two different councils.

Neighbours of the site off Curlieu Lane, in Norton Lindsey, have objected to the plans put forward by Claverdon Community Land Trust saying that the development will lead to extra traffic and a local councillor said it was unlikely that the homes would benefit anyone living in the village.

Read the story here.

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Hairdresser Halted

A hairdresser's hopes of reducing overheads by converting a garage and working from home have been scuppered by councillors who turned down her planning permission for a change of use.

Clare Bayliss had hoped to run her business from a converted garage at her house in Piers Close, but councillors were told that this was contrary to a policy aimed at keeping retail premises in town centres.

Planning officers also explained that the proposed use would see more than an occasional customer visiting which would also impact on parking in the area.

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