Leamington Tennis Court Club, 50 Bedford Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5DT Data via plota.co.uk

W/26/1255/LB - Listed Building Consent Registered

Proposal

The proposal is to erect a red 'special interest' plaque on the external wall of the building, facing Bedford Street. Details of the plaque are shown on the attached documents. the plaque measures and would be the 4th 'special interest' plaque erected in Leamington Spa. Background colour is RAL500 (wine red), lettering is BS10B15 (creamy white). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Consultation
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 26 Oct 2026 and 15 Nov 2026, from Warwick's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 5

Royal Leamington Spa conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
36 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Leamington Real Tennis Club, Grade II*, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 34 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 141 m away: Spa Gardens, Royal Leamington Spa; Inside the Royal Leamington Spa built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Warwick
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CV32 5DT
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Leamington Clarendon
Parish
Leamington Spa
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Warwick usually decides listed building works by day 69.

Day 4326 days to the predicted decision (day 69)
24%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
56decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Warwick in the last twelve months, from validation. Warwick decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
15 Sept 2026
Comments by
9 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Warwick
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#245 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Warwick is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #249 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Warwick decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #121 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #140 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #249 of 296
57%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #261 of 296
60%
Minor dwellings approved
57 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
36 decided
915
Total decisions
94 refused in the year to March 2026