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

Padel Plans

Plans to open a new padel centre near Warwick and Leamington Spa have been submitted to council planners.

T.I. Evans & Sons has applied for planning permission to change a storage unit at Squab Hall Farm into the new facility.

Plans state the Harbury Lane plans would not change the size of the unit, but would see three indoor courts installed inside.

Changing rooms, a café and a seating area would also be created.

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Go ahead for 'green' bridge

Council planners have given the go-ahead for a new 'green' bridge to carry a diverted footpath over the HS2 line.

Works will see a 53.5 metre-long bridge carry footpath W130 over the line near Rugby Road, Cubbington.

While the bridge will be made of precast concrete, it will be landscaped "to preserve nearby ancient woodland while promoting improved ecological connectivity of species across the HS2 line".

Warwick District Council signed off on the plans this month.

The application to the local authority said: "The overbridge will comprise a precast concrete arch structure with a maximum length of 53.5 metres.

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Micro energy battery box

A planning inspector has granted an appeal for a 'micro energy battery box' to be built on a busy road between Kenilworth and Leamington Spa.

Warwick District Council had refused planning permission for the battery box on Kenilworth Road last year saying it was inappropriate in the green belt.

AMP Clean Energy then submitted an appeal to the planning inspectorate, which has now been allowed.

Approving the application, an inspector's report said: "The appellant has proposed to enclose the battery boxes and fencing with landscaping.

"This would help to assimilate the development into its immediate surroundings which include trees and hedgerows.

"Landscaping of the development would be capable of being secured by an appropriately worded condition and there is sufficient space within the red edge of the application site to provide this."

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Community stadium

Locals are being given a say on a new community stadium planned for Leamington.

The plans regard a 4,000 capacity community sports stadium proposed to be the new home for Leamington Football Club.

The current athletics track at Edmondscote will also be relocated to this new facility at Fusiliers Way, with facilities available for community use.

The new stadium aims to "create a community hub for sport, leisure and other health related provision."

There will also be a range of commercial development on adjacent land "to enhance the local area and also to contribute to the cost of building the stadium."

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