Flying Taxi Taster
coventrysociety CoventryLive has reported that a public exhibition of an urban airport for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is coming to the city centre this Spring. A car park…
2022
Abbott’s Park Planning Application
The Coventry Society has given a cautious welcome to the revised plans for the former Abbott’s Lane gasworks site following a presentation on the plans by Ian Harrabin at our…
Energy SPD – the CovSoc Response
In November the City Council launched a consultation on three news Supplementary Planning Documents (known colloqually as SPDs). Although the consultation period has now ended, you can still see the…
Open Space SPD – The CovSoc Response
In November the City Council launched a consultation on three news Supplementary Planning Documents (known colloqually as SPDs). Although the consultation period has now ended, you can still see the…
Affordable Housing SPD – The CovSoc response
In November the City Council launched a consultation on three news Supplementary Planning Documents (known colloqually as SPDs). Although the consultation period has now ended, you can still see the…
Crafty Coventry
Creative Lives are teaming up with Heritage Crafts for a programme of events and on-air coverage of crafts in Coventry, to coincide with Coventry City of Culture. The initiative is…
Gigafactory gets green light
Last week the proposed battery manufacturing Gigafactory on Coventry Airport was given the green light by both Coventry City Council and Warwick District Council. Outline Planning applications were approved in…
Plaques for The Firs
On Friday 14th January a host of people joined our Lord Mayor to commemorate a number of lives associated with the Firs on Kenilworth Road. The Firs is a Georgian…
Jag 2.0 – A Plug and Play Venue
CovSoc members were invited to visit an exciting new facility at the Belgrade Theatre on Monday 20th January 2022. We were fortunate to meet the new Artistic Director of the…
Not a Happy New Year for Piles Coppice
News from Ann Wilson, Coventry Tree Warden Network (courtesy of CAN Newsletter) Thanks to the intervention of our MP we managed to have a virtual meeting with the Forestry Commission…