Leamington residents demand judicial review against district council's HQ move plan

A group of residents has written to Warwick District Council to demand a judicial review of its controversial plans to move its headquarters to the site of the ailing Covent Garden car park in Leamington.
CGI of the aerial view of Warwick District Council's new headquartersCGI of the aerial view of Warwick District Council's new headquarters
CGI of the aerial view of Warwick District Council's new headquarters

They are arguing that the entire scheme - which involves the council selling its Riverside House headquarters in Milverton Hill so it can make way for a housing estate and then building new offices, luxury apartments and a new car park with increased spaces on the Covent Garden site - is "seriously flawed" and "should not have been approved by planners in January".

More to follow.

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