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

Pub Plans pulled

Controversial plans to replace a canalside pub with a four-storey block of flats have been withdrawn.

Developer Cresco Investors Limited had applied to knock down the Waterside Inn and replace it with a 40-bed apartment building.

Cresco had originally applied to Warwick District Council (WDC) to build a five-storey building comprising 42 apartments at the end of 2021, but reduced the scale of the proposed development last year after receiving significant pushback.

But with the Queensway development still raising questions from local bodies, the plans have now been withdrawn.

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Primary School

Plans for a new primary school to the south of Warwick and Leamington have taken a step forward after Warwickshire County Council granted outline planning permission.

The plot sits slightly to the south of the land between Myton School and Evergreen School off Myton Road, Warwick. 

It is set to cater for more than 400 children with places for between eight and 14 pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, plus a nursery with 34 full-time equivalent places. It is proposed as part of the need created by 4,500 new homes planned for south Warwick and Leamington.

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Local Plan Update

The deputy chief executive of Stratford-on-Avon District Council says a new joint local plan with Warwick District Council remains on track despite political changes.

The South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP) will set out proposed locations for up to 35,000 houses, workplaces and infrastructure across both districts in the years ahead and is one of a number of initiatives the two councils are working together on. 

The authorities had been negotiating a full merger but that fell through at the start of 2022, with a change of political landscape following the recent local elections likely to bring fresh perspectives to the table. 

Read more here.

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