Coventry’s Garden Suburb?
coventrysociety Garden Suburbs and Garden Cities were responses to poor housing in polluted cities, aimed at creating healthier living environments. This particular approach to town planning reached its peak in the…
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Coventry Swimming Baths – What Next?
Coventry Society has objected to the proposal for listed building consent to demolish the Swimming Baths. This is in keeping with the Society’s policy statement which was agreed in autumn…
All change for planning in Coventry?
Although the process of updating the existing local plan for the city continues and controversies arise on some planning and listed building applications (such as the demolition of the swimming…
Biodiversity Net Gain
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…
Coventry VLR – not now; not ever?
Our Chair, Trevor Cornfoot, reflects on the recent Government announcement about the Leeds Tram Scheme and what it might mean for Coventry’s Very Light Rail (VLR) project. As recently as…
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…
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…
Alfred Harris
Historian and Coventry Society member Malvern Carvell tells us about the life and times of Alfred Harris the well-known Coventry businessman and quiet philanthropists. Malvern writes….. With the unveiling of…
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…
Progress with the Coventry Local Plan Review
Introduction The local plan prepared by the Council which sets out the future development of the city over the next 15 years has reached an important stage in the approval…