Local Plan Consultation Extended
coventrysociety The City Council consultation on the Coventry Local Plan Issues and Options report has been extended to give more people time to respond. On 18th July the Council commenced an…
Planning and Design
Architecture Students win Design Competition.
A team of Coventry University students combined their architectural knowledge to claim top prize at a national competition with a design for a building that absorbs carbon dioxide. Rather than…
Canal Warehouses Re-visited
The ghost didn’t turn up for our August tour of the Coventry Canal Warehouses. Apparently, he doesn’t show up much when the warehouses are fully occupied and as they have…
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to Bridge 6
CovSoc member and keen jogger, Peter Hunter, has been down the cut! Peter writes….. Coventry’s canal towpaths are great routes for joggers, walkers and cyclists. They regularly feature in my…
Re-Wilding the Wedge
A planning application has been submitted to re-route the North Brook, a tributary of the River Sherboure, as it flows through the Coundon Wedge. The stream is to be put…
More on the Coundon Wedge Planning Application
The planning application by the City Council to develop part of the Coundon Wedge has been re-advertised with more information and an Environmental Impact Assessment. Although an attractive scheme has…
Palmer Lane Scheme Moves Forward
The City Council’s Cabinet is due to give the final go-ahead to the Palmer Lane regeneration scheme this week. Palmer Lane is the final element of the Burges High Street…
Local Plan Review
The City Council planning Team has taken a report to Cabinet to seek approval to publish a draft Issues and Options Paper for consultation. This is the first stage of…
Taking a bet on the Gigafactory
Cllr. Jim O’Boyle, the Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change, will be deciding whether to invest a further half a million pounds into the Gigafactory at a meeting…
Coming soon – a new place for a walk!
CovSoc member, Mary Courtney, gives us a report on a CovSoc tour of Segro Park on 12th June 2023. Mary writes….. Segro Park, a large wildlife area (miles of it)…