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The Town Council manages two play areas, namely Westwood Road play area and St. Mary’s Road play area.

Westwood Road Play Area

Located off Westwood Road, CV9 1EL. View in Google Maps. It was updated in 2015.

St Mary’s Road Play Area

Located off St Mary’s Road, CV9 1JR. View in Google Maps. It was fitted with new pre-school equipment in 2009.

The Local Planning Authority (LPA) is North Warwickshire Borough Council (NWBC).

The Town Council are notified by NWBC of all planning applications within the boundary of Atherstone Town and we consider whether to submit comments on each application. The Town Council are a non-statutory consultee but comments submitted by the Town Council must be considered by the LPA when making their decisions.

Further information regarding planning can be found here: Planning Responses

All responses from the Town Council can be seen on the individual planning applications on the NWBC website.

The Town Council owns the lights erected around the town for Christmas, with cross street displays on Long Street, Church Street and Market Street. The Town Council is entirely responsible for the maintenance of the lights and supporting infrastructure and for the erection and dismantling of the lights.

Each year the Town Council makes an award(s) to a person(s) who in their their opinion has made an outstanding contribution to the life of the town. The award(s) is presented at the Annual Parish Meeting in the Spring.