Visit to Bond’s Hospital
coventrysociety Peter Walters, Vice Chair of the Coventry Society, reports back on our last visit A green wall, rising thirty feet from the courtyard and dense with foliage, was a surprise…
Planning and Design
Green Belt Fight Goes to Court
The campaign to save the former green belt in Eastern Green from development has moved into the courts. Local Campaigners together with the Campaign to Protect Rural England Warwickshire are…
Council Adopts New Local Development Scheme
The City Council’s Cabinet has published its plans for the review of the local plans for the city and the production of new Supplementary Planning documents. The Cabinet has approved…
The Regenerated City Centre – A first impression
CovSoc committee member, Peter Hunter, takes a walk around the new city centre and gives us his impressions. Peter writes: I took a stroll round Coventry city centre this Sunday…
Radford Brook Linear Park
During April a Coventry Society group were lucky enough to be given a tour of the new linear park from Naul’s Mill Park to Abbotts Lane and onto Belgrade Plaza.…
Chapel at London Road Cemetery Approved for Office Use
Planning permission has been granted for a change of use of the Nonconformist Chapel at London Road Cemetery from a place of worship (D1) to Office Use (B3). The proposed…
City Centre South Gets the Go-Ahead
It was perhaps predictable that the City Council’s Planning Committee gave approval last week for the destruction of a significant amount of Coventry’s post-war heritage, contrary to the recommendation of…
City Centre South – Decision Day
“Heritage assets are a precious thing – and when they’re gone, they’re gone!” As Coventry’s Planning Committee today decides whether to approve the controversial City Centre South scheme we can…
CovSoc’s Response to the Draft SCI
Dear Councillors The Response of the Coventry Society to the Draft Statement of Community Involvement Thank you for consulting us on the proposed new Statement of Community Involvement. The Coventry…
Next phase of improvements in Pepper Lane to begin
The next phase of work in Pepper Lane is set to begin this week with plans for brightening up the walls and installing a new piece of artwork. The artwork,…