Local Listing Recommended for only three additional heritage assets
coventrysociety In August 2022 we reported on the Council’s consultation on the local listing of nine buildings / heritage assets in the city. On Friday 24th February, the Cabinet Member for…
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The Pancake Bell
CovSoc member and chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, writes…. Shrove Tuesday falls on the 21st February this year. I do not know what you like but…
What’s happening to Planning?
CovSoc member, Tim Brown, updates us on what has been happening to planning! Government proposals in 2020 The Conservative Government issued a White Paper in August 2020 on ‘Planning for…
The Art of the Automobile
Our friends in the Arts Society Coventry are organising a different meeting this month, which might be of interest to CovSoc members: Roger Mendham will talk on the subject “The…
CovSoc Response to draft Householder Design Guide SPD
In December 2022, the City Council consulted the public on a draft Householder Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document. Below is the Coventry Society’s response: We welcome this draft householder design…
Charity abandons plan for Chace Hotel
CovSoc member John Marshall reports Plans to transform the historic Chace Hotel on London Road into a care home have now been abandoned, according to a health care charity. The…
New Coventry Cross Takes Shape
The replacement of the replica Coventry Cross is taking place near Cross Cheaping and is to be accompanied by a 3D printed statue of King Henry VI. Work on the…
Another Transport Experiment in Coventry
The City Council has signed up for yet another experimental transport system for the city. The project goes by the catchy title “Multi-Area Connected Automated Mobility” (MACAM) and is focused…
Coventry to get a Solar Farm!
The City Council is set to start early-stage consultation over plans for a solar farm in the north of the city. The proposed solar farm would deliver clean, green electricity…
Local Hero…. the story of Sir Henry Parkes
Born in 1815, a few weeks after Waterloo, Henry Parkes grew up in Warwickshire, the son of a tenant farmer on the Stoneleigh Estate who was evicted and jailed for…