Community-led Housing
coventrysociety On Wednesday 14 October at our general meeting, we welcomed Eddy Morton from West Midlands Urban Community Homes (WMUCH). The focus was primarily on the opportunities for community-led housing in…
Planning and Design
In Need of a Loo?
Do you remember the old gents’ toilet in Lower Ford Street? CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks certainly does. Paul writes…. It was one of those Coventry landmarks that probably attracted…
Demolition of Allesley Hotel Urgent!
Plans to “urgently” demolish a derelict hotel repeatedly targeted by arsonists and replace it with 55 new homes have been approved. City council planners agreed to let developers Avant Homes…
A Makeover for the Market
Coventry’s iconic indoor market is to get at least £1.25m of external improvements, the council has announced. The works to the exterior of the Grade II-listed Coventry Market will include…
The Battle of Pinkett’s Booth II
We reported on “the battle for Pinkett’s Booth” back in June. You will recall that on the very last day of the public inquiry into the Coventry Local Plan, developers…
Gigafactory Gets Downgrade
GreenPower Park: a change of direction for Coventry Airport! A new planning application for the former Coventry Airport site suggests that the long-promoted vision of a giant battery factory is…
Visit to Vitsoe’s Leamington HQ and Production Building
A somewhat bleary-eyed group of Society members met at Viscoe’s Leamington headquarters on Friday 21 August 2026 for an early 9.00 am start. We were met by Matthew and Dan,…
Coventry City Council’s Children’s Service: Children’s Homes
On 12 th August 2026, a meeting was held at the Council House with officers from Corporate Parenting & Sufficiency. In setting out the reasons behind the request for this…
The Great Meeting House Unitarian Church
Coventry Society Committee member, David Porter, has been following up concerns raised about the condition of this Church in Coventry. David writes….. One threat to our heritage which has become…
Reusing our neglected heritage
In July, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport published the outcome of its inquiry into protecting the built heritage – Protecting built heritage: MPs call for ‘reuse first’…