Planning Reforms – postponed or cancelled?
coventrysociety The Government’s planning reforms” Planning for the Future”, proposed last year, are now on hold. Despite there not being any official announcement, articles in the national and professional planning press…
2021
Will the Mysteries ever be played again in Coventry?
CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks reflects on this question The Coventry Mystery Plays date back to the Medieval period and are perhaps best known as the source of the Coventry…
Council Tackles Vacant Homes
The City Council has approved a new strategy to tackle vacant homes in the city. The Empty Dwellings Strategy 2021-2026 was approved by the City Council’s Cabinet on 31st August.…
Part of Coundon Wedge to be Destroyed by Council
The City Council has launched a consultation on its plans to build over part of the Coundon Wedge. The Coventry Society is opposed to this untimely development. The site is…
A Coventry made timepiece fit for a King
This article was first published in March 2019. It has been corrected and updated courtesy of CovSoc member and historian David Fry. King Charles II didn’t much like Coventry. In…
Coventry brook flowing for the first time in over 100 years
One of Coventry’s ancient watercourses on the edge of the city centre is flowing again for the first time in over a century thanks to a major new naturalisation project.…
New Artwork at the Station
Coventry’s Grade II listed railway station is to get a makeover this month, courtesy of artist Christopher Tipping. Christopher has been commissioned to create artwork to decorate the huge windows…
New Blossom Garden for Charterhouse
Last week the National Trust and Historic Coventry Trust announced plans to create a blossom garden in the city’s newly created Charterhouse Heritage Park. The initiative is part of the…
Classic cars make debut in Coventry Concours
John Marshall writes… The ruins of the old Cathedral provided a fabulous backdrop this summer for the display of some classic Coventry cars during a special event dubbed as the…
Coventry Church has Upgraded Listing
A listed Coventry church has been upgraded to Grade II* as part of an initiative by Historic England to commemorate the impact of the Festival of Britain on design in…