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

New Wedding Venue?

Plans to turn part of a grade II listed Warwick building into a wedding and events venue have been submitted to Warwick District Council.

RHG Manor Ltd has applied for permission to change the ground floor of Longbridge Manor from office space to hospitality purposes.

Plans state the building - which was most recently used as a corporate headquarters - would cater for up to 110 guests at a time.

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Employment Land?

Locals have been told this week yet another delay is hitting the South Warwickshire Local Plan (SWLP) - a major planning document which will govern development in the area for the next quarter century.

While Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils look set to push back the final public consultation on the plan, residents have been given a chance to see how the major document is shaping up.

This has included plans for thousands of new houses across South Warwickshire, both around existing towns and as two 'new settlements'.

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Developers Double Down

The developers behind plans for 28 new affordable homes in Hatton have questioned the council's "baffling" decision to refuse planning permission.

Altus Homes and Morro Partnerships have submitted an appeal after Warwick District Council last year threw out their scheme for the houses off Oakdene Crescent.

The local authority said the scheme was inappropriate in the green belt as it sided with the 168 locals who objected to the application.

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