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…
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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…
Celebrating 20 Years of Imagineer
In the summer of 2022, the Coventry Society visited Imagineer at the Daimler Powerhouse. This month as founding principal Jane Hytch departs the organisation, we join them in celebrating twenty…
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…
Broken glass!
A recent conversation revealed an interesting story about the Hutton Screen at the Cathedral. The conversation was between CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, and author Adam Wood, known for his…
Dr Jon Plumley RIP
The Coventry Society is saddened to hear of the death of Dr Jon Plumley. Jon was one of the founding members and Chair of the Coventry Charterhouse Association, which championed…
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…
Old Grammar School “Safe”
The Coventry Observer has reported that Culture Coventry has now confirmed that the Old Grammar School is structurally safe ‘in the short term’. The building had been being blighted by…
Foleshill Cycleway
The City Council has received funding from Government to help improve cycling, walking and wheeling (pushchairs and wheelchairs), and reduce traffic in Foleshill. The project aims to make Foleshill an…