Design and Placemaking
coventrysociety Coventry Society has set up a sub-committee that considers planning applications submitted to the City Council. Last year, we looked in detail at 77 applications and made responses to 26…
2026
Chase Hotel to be Renovated
The Coventry Telegraph has reported that a developer has purchased the Chase Hotel with a view to bringing it back to life as a quality hotel. Telegraph reporter, Danny Thomspson,…
Homelessness and Rough Sleeping in Coventry
Being involved with a group of post-graduate architecture students who are working on a project for an innovative scheme to help asylum seekers and refugees, the Vice-chairperson of Coventry Society,…
Twentieth Century Society Objects to the Demolition of Coventry Baths
The Twentieth Century Society has formally objected to plans to demolish the Grade II-listed Coventry Central Baths, arguing that the proposal would result in the total and unjustified loss of…
Swift Bricks
The Scottish Parliament has passed a law that requires new buildings in Scotland to be fitted with swift bricks for nesting birds. The requirement for swift bricks to be installed…
From Hope’s Harbour to Stoke Park School
In November last year, Cov Soc member John Marshall told the story of a grand house in Bray’s Lane, built in 1879 for Otto Striedinger, the Inspector of Factories. The…
Student Housing and the Local Plan
As the Coventry Local Plan Update moves to the public examination stage, Coventry Society needs to decide whether to appear at the enquiry to defend its objection to the plans…
Coventry’s Garden Suburb?
Garden Suburbs and Garden Cities were responses to poor housing in polluted cities, aimed at creating healthier living environments. This particular approach to town planning reached its peak in the…
City of Culture
The BBC has published a detailed article about the demise of City of Culture programme. In view of the importance of this matter, we re-print it here in full. The…
Coventry Swimming Baths – What Next?
Coventry Society has objected to the proposal for listed building consent to demolish the Swimming Baths. This is in keeping with the Society’s policy statement which was agreed in autumn…