Biodiversity Net Gain
coventrysociety Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a policy and legal requirement within the English planning system designed to ensure that new development results in a measurable improvement in biodiversity — in…
Planning and Design
Former Golf Course to Become Nature Reserve
Brandon Wood Golf Course is set to be turned into a nature reserve that will create rich wildlife habitats and become a major new visitor destination for the city. Members of Coventry…
Support for the Market
Following a successful campaign on social media and two petitions, the City Council has at last responded to concerns about the future of Coventry Market. Coventry Market is a hugely…
Planning Application for Battery Park Approved
The BBC has reported that a revised planning application for an electric battery park has been approved by councillors in Warwickshire. The developers of the site of Coventry Airport requested…
Yet another plan for Coventry!
Coventry Society continues to take an active role in the City Council’s update of the local plan. Currently, the Council is responding to nearly 60 questions raised by the independent…
The Future of the Baths
Coventry Swimming Baths and “The Elephant” – Coventry Society’s Position The Coventry Society, like many local organisations and Coventrians, is disappointed that the Council wishes to demolish the Swimming Baths…
A New Building Material?
Dezeen Magazine has reported that Australian Researchers have created a building material where rammed earth is encased in permanent cardboard formwork, eliminating the need for cement. Rammed earth is a…
Spon End Redevelopment Gets the Planning Go-ahead
The latest chapter in the saga over the redevelopment of the Spon End estate has been completed. First mooted in 2019, the proposals have now received planning permission from the…
Moon Craters in Coventry!
CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, reminds us of the previous location of Volgograd Place and its failed vision. Paul writes…. A modern landscape that looks like moon craters or even…
No Fines Concrete – Then and Now!
Following our recent visit to St. John the Devine Church, we thought it might be interesting to research the history and use of No Fines Concrete in Coventry and elsewhere.…