City Centre South Moves Forward
coventrysociety The Reserved Matters planning application for the first phase of City Centre South has been submitted and is awaiting Council approval. Development partners, The Hill Group and Shearer Property Group…
Planning and Design
Coventry’s First Modular Homes
Citizen Housing has completed its first group of modular homes in Coventry. They were built by a local company based in Stoneleigh. The housing association worked with Coventry City Council…
Earlsdon Liveable Neighbourhood
Coventry is set to designate its first “Liveable Neighbourhood” in Earlsdon. Following a year of consultation, the plans are to be considered by the Council on 8th January. What is…
New Cathedral Celebrates 65 Years of Services
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Willims, has invited CovSoc members to a special event at the Cathedral, celebrating 65 years since the first Service…
Tree Equity
The Woodland Trust, in partnership with American Forests, has developed a tool to assess the tree cover in your neighbourhood. It is well known that the presence of trees in…
City Centre Changes
The City Council is consulting on plans to improve access within the city centre. The plans include the initial route for the Very Light Rail (VLR) system and a fully…
Consultation on Plans for the Eastern Bypass
National Highways are consulting the public about plans to improve the A46 Eastern Bypass near Walsgrave. The scheme is part of a government commitment to improve the A46 ‘Trans-Midlands Trade…
Building Houses on Roads
Create Streets proposes building housing on Britain’s “needlessly wide” roads. Architectural website Dezeen reports….. Architecture task force Create Streets is calling for Britain’s multi-lane roads to be replaced with homes…
New Recycling Centre set to launch
The BBC has reported that the new recycling Centre in Whitley is due to open shortly. The following is an article by Caroline Gall published on the BBC website on…
Taiwo Calls for Planning Reform
The Coventry Observer has reported that Coventry North West MP Taiwo Owatemi has called for more to be done to create a planning system ‘fit for this century’ after the…