Warwick planning roundup: Nightclub, new lab and major roadworks

By James Smith

4th May 2024 | Local News

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

Nightclub's New Life?

Plans to demolish a popular Leamington nightclub to make way for a block of student accommodation have been put forward to Warwick District Council.

Ni Ann Ltd has applied for permission to knock down Smack nightclub - which remains open for business - and replace it with a five-storey building with "purpose-built" apartments.

Plans claim the removal of the 600-capacity club would remove a "bad neighbour" from Tavistock Street, replacing it with ten apartments which will range in size from three bedrooms to six.

Read the story here.

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New Laboratory

An American veterinary diagnostics company has been given the green light for a "landmark" laboratory at Tachbrook Park as it plans to expand its UK presence.

Antech Diagnostics LTD revealed plans last year to turn the Titan Business Centre, on Spartan Close, into its first independent laboratory in the United Kingdom.

The firm - which handles testing for vets and develops diagnostic solutions - has now been granted planning permission for the development which it says will employ 54 people.

Roadworks Revealed

Roadworks on the Queensway and Ford Foundry roundabouts will start on May 13, Warwickshire County Council has announced.

The project will see traffic lights, new lanes, crossings and off-carriageway cycle paths installed at both rounadbouts.

The local authority announced last month CR Reynolds has been appointed as contractor for the major project.

Works are expected to be completed in summer 2025 as the council aims to create a "corridor of connected cycling and walking links to help facilitate active travel".