Meeting Minutes

The PC met on 4 February 2026. DRAFT Minutes of the meeting are available to view here:

Members of the Parish Council and Leek Wootton Focus Group attended the first meeting of a Community Liaison Group at Police HQ on 4 February 2026.

The timescale of works was outlined as follows:

• 09/02/2026 - Vegetation clearance to begin
• Main works will start first week of March and go on for 20 weeks. 
• Access will be through East Lodge entrance (not North Lodge), via Rouncil Lane, Woodcote Lane and sharp right into Woodcote Drive. 
• Traffic – cones and marshals may be used to prevent parking when large movements are happening.  Turning space at entrance is the main concern.
• Big plant will only need to be delivered once.
• Works will be weekdays only between 7:30am and 5:00pm, nothing over weekends. 
• Some work will be done on trimming of trees in time, but this will be under another planning application. 
• Lighting will be lower with domed headed downlighters with warm white and a reduction in the number. 
• There will not be a phone number – there will be an online contact system (see below). 

It was advised that during the duration of the works, any issues, concerns or questions should be reported online via Warwickshire Police’s online portal: Contact us | Warwickshire Police by choosing “Something else” twice and using the free text box accordingly. The Parish Council members were assured that this link can be used by all members of the public and it was confirmed that the force’s OCC team have been liaised with and are aware that reports will be made to them. It was explained that by using this method of reporting with regards to the works means there is an audit trial record and a mechanism for lessons learnt to be taken from this process and works.

The Community Liaison Group will meet monthly and share updates accordingly.

The Minutes of the meeting on 7 January 2026 were approved and signed at the PC meeting on 4 February 2026 and are available to view here:

Application No: W/26/0101
Description: Variation of Condition 2 [Approved Plans] of planning permission W/19/2120 - [Proposed single-storey extension to provide hotel breakfast room; creation of a spa garden, outdoor pool and associated reconfigured terrace to rear of Health and Fitness building] - Amendments exterior layout including; alteration of plant room roof, reduction in hight and relocation of rotunda, addition of small lobby entrance to sauna.
Address: Health Centre, The Warwickshire Golf and Country Club, Warwick Road, Leek Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7QT

LW&GC PC Comment: Pending
WDC Decision: Pending

Link to on-line application documents

A MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL WILL BE HELD
ON
Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 7:30 pm
at Leek Wootton Village Hall
15 minutes is allowed at the start of the meeting for members of the public to ask questions on any matter relating to the Parish Council’s responsibilities. Members of the public may not take part in the meeting itself and the Parish Council cannot pass a resolution on matters raised during public participation but upon restoration of the standing orders can discuss and agree actions to be taken. Individual members may speak for up to 5 minutes.
THE PUBLIC AND PRESS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
The agenda is available to view here:

Application No: W/25/1779
Description: New detached double garage. Relocation of building entrance together with new doors and projecting canopy. Conversion of the existing garage together with new brick plinth and window detail forming infill of existing garage and entrance door openings.
Address: 10 The Elms, Leek Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7RR

LW&GC Comment: Pending
WDC Decision: Pending

Link to on-line application documents

In the 2025/26 budget the PC was required to respond to the external auditor’s criticism that the council’s general reserves were very low.  This was caused by unexpected expenditure in previous years on professional reports in response to the Woodcote planning applications and the PC has been working to bolster the general reserves to a more acceptable figure in 2025/26.  This will continue into 2026/27. 

The PC is also required to consider the possibility of issues requiring professional advice and/or services in the future and in 2025/26 assigned a budget for professional services.  This was prescient, as the speculative proposal from Caddick is likely to require robust and thorough interrogation if and when an official planning application is submitted.  The Preferred Options stage of the South Warwickshire Local Plan is also due later in 2026, which may also require professional advice.

The Parish Council is committed to act, where it can, in the best interests of the whole community.

The PC’s new role as the Sole Corporate Trustee of the recreation ground increases the workload and the PC has therefore budgeted for additional funds to support that work, rather than solely using its charitable funds. Following the addition of the specific items above and the expected increase of costs in the coming year, the 2026/27 Budget was approved and adopted and the precept will be £60,134.

A MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL WILL BE HELD
ON
Wednesday, 7 January 2026 at 7:30 pm
at Leek Wootton Village Hall

15 minutes is allowed at the start of the meeting for members of the public to ask questions on any matter relating to the Parish Council’s responsibilities. Members of the public may not take part in the meeting itself and the Parish Council cannot pass a resolution on matters raised during public participation but upon restoration of the standing orders can discuss and agree actions to be taken. Individual members may speak for up to 5 minutes.

THE PUBLIC AND PRESS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
The agenda is available to view here:

Dear Neighbours.

The Parish Council has asked members of the community to lead on a project to develop a plan for the protection and future development of The Lunch (Woodland) at the rear of Waller Close and, possibly, the entire woodland and lakes area on the Police HQ site. It is hoped that if a suitable plan can be put together then the owners and other parties will back the community in putting this plan into action. 

The Questionnaire is to raise community awareness and to get feedback, so that a community vision can be formed.

It is important to understand that what we are looking for, is what YOU would like the lunch to be. Please put aside any thoughts of budget, finance, what we might be allowed to do and who owns what. This all comes later.

Currently The Lunches are in a pretty poor state. Many of the trees are in need of urgent attention, some have already fallen in recent years and more will fall in the coming years. Care has been at best reactionary. That said there are some very important trees, it is home to deer, badger, many many bird species and a carpet of native bluebells, lesser celandine, and wood anemones, to name but a few. A truly valuable place.

At a recent community meeting two proposals were tabled. The first was from Plinke, a landscape design company, and the second from Wild Warwickshire in 2008. I have attached both for you to look at.

The Plincke proposal outlines a vision to create a masterplan for The Lunch. The proposal suggests three design options—Minor Tweaks, Focused Enhancements, and Wider Integration—to improve the public space's character, quality, ecological value, and connectivity with the surrounding area.

The "Conservation The Lunch" proposal, prepared by Wild Warwickshire in 2008, outlines a plan to designate the whole of the 11.5 ha site as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) to protect its District Value Eco-site status and County Biodiversity Priority Action Habitats. The management objectives focus on enhancing wildlife habitats, removing invasive and non-native species, and creating a public recreation site with controlled access via permissive paths to protect sensitive areas.

The meeting seemed to indicate that the Plinke proposal was one end of the development scale and that Wild Warwickshire proposal was at the other. This questionnaire is to ascertain which best reflects the community's wishes. 

Please fill out the form according to how you would wish to use this area and how you would like others to do so.

A second meeting will be called late January or early February, date TBC and the findings will then be made public. Please join us there and please let us know if you would like to help or become part of a steering group.

If you would like to be updated be sure to add your name and email address.

Please feel free to forward the link onto anyone that lives in the village and would have an interest.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Click link below

Leek Wootton Lunches Questionnaire

Application No: W/25/1761
Description: Erection of a boundary wall adjacent to roadside, forming widened vehicular access into private dwelling (retrospective).
Address: Hill Farm Cottage, Hill Wootton Road, Hill Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7PP

Link to on-line application documents

LW&GC PC Comment: Objection (Size and dominance over street scene)
WDC Decision: REFUSED