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

Punch Bowl Plans

Town councillors have doubled down on their objection to the latest scheme to repurpose a closed Warwick pub.

Warwick Town Council - alongside more than 100 residents - had already objected to Secret Properties Ltd's new application to repurpose the Punch Bowl, and has maintained its view despite slight alterations to the new plan.

Following the waves of negative feedback the applicants had submitted updated designs and a new noise assessment for the project.

Despite this, the town council objected again.

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Care Home Saga

There are "no other suitable sites" for a huge new care home planned to be built in Hatton.

That is according to the planning firm working on plans to build a 75-bed facility on Birmingham Road.

A previous application by Belmont Healthcare to develop the site was refused in March 2022, after 20 objections were received.

Read the full story here.

Traveller Site Stop

An enforcement and a stop notice have been issued by the district council at a traveller site on the outskirts of Warwick.

Warwick District Council issued a temporary stop notice at the end of May after works started to build a campsite along Henley Road near the M40.

Construction had begun on site over the bank holiday weekend, without any planning permission for the development.

Read more here.

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