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

Solar Panels

A local golf club hotel has been granted retrospective planning permission for new solar panels on its roof.

The Warwickshire Golf and Country Club installed the PV panels on its roof last year, despite having had an application refused by Warwick District Council.

The Club Company UK Ltd - which manages the site - was refused permission previously after council officers said there was not enough information about how far the panels would protrude from the roof.

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All Aboard!

Plans to create a major new park and ride between Warwick and Leamington have taken a step forward with council planners signing off on the designs.

The facility had been approved in a major application for 900 new homes, a primary school, local centre and open space, which was called in by the secretary of state and signed off in 2016.

Now developers Taylor Wimpey (Midlands) Ltd and Bloor Homes have seen their designs for the park and ride around Banbury Road and Europa Way approved.

Read the full story here.

Showroom Saga Rumbles On

Residents will be kept waiting on whether plans to turn a former Warwick car showroom into two new shops are approved.

Warwick District Council's planning committee was due to discuss the application for the former Kia Showroom on Stratford Road tonight (April 15), but the plans have now been pulled from the agenda.

A notice on the council website simply said: "This item has been withdrawn from the agenda pending further consultations and clarification."

Read the full story here.

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