Parklet to be installed on High Street
coventrysociety A new parklet – a wooden seating area designed for use by the community, featuring plants and greenery – is set to be installed on High Street. The parklet will…
Planning and Design
C20 Architecture Slam
The West Midlands Region of the Twentieth Century Society is holding its 2022 Architecture Slam in Coventry. The slam covers short 15-minute presentations covering lots of Coventry architecture and public…
New Approach to Potholes
Potholes in Coventry will be repaired and fixed permanently in super quick time after the Council’s highways service purchased JCB’s revolutionary pothole machine. The PotholePro can repair a pothole in…
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…
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…
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…
Support Tree Wardens’ Drive to Plant Cherry Trees in Caludon Park
Our friends the Coventry Tree Wardens have put in a grant application to plant a cherry avenue to brighten up Caludon Park. This application is dependant on public support. Covid…