More on the Coundon Wedge Planning Application
coventrysociety 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…
Green Space
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)…
Celebration Trees
From the City Council website….. Nearly 40,000 trees were planted in just 18-months in Coventry as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) – a nationwide initiative created to mark…
A Walk in the Woods
CovSoc member Peter James tells us the interesting story of Derek Barrowcliff, a Warwickshire pathologist who could have starred in his own “Silent Witness”. In September 2011 Derek Barrowcliff went…
The Old Guy Goes Jogging – to Lentons Lane and Coventry’s proposed new Solar Farm
Today we start a new occasional series of articles as we follow CovSoc member Peter Hunter as he jogs around the north of the city. Peter writes…. My name is…
A Green Vision for our City
Further to our article about the consultation on Coventry’s Climate Change Strategy, Coventry Green New Deal have circulated their response to the strategy. David Ridley and Tom Maidment write….. On…
Piles Coppice Destruction Commences
The Coventry Observer has reported that the feared destruction of Piles Coppice has now commenced. The news report states….. Residents and opposition groups have condemned the felling of ‘irreplaceable’ trees…
New University Open Space
A new public open space is to be created on the site of the former Alan Berry Building opposite Coventry Cathedral. With the development of a new Coventry University building…
WM Mayor Condemns the Development of the Coundon Wedge
West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has joined the debate about whether the City Council should build on the Coundon Wedge or give preference to brownfield developments. The Coventry Society has…
Coventry’s Newest Community Park
CovSoc Secretary John Payne writes….. During October I was fortunate to be given a preview of what I am sure will be the largest new area of open space in…