Plans Submitted for Spon End Redevelopment
Citizen Housing have submitted a planning application to redevelop the Spon End estate. The Spon End estate was a 1960’s former council estate which is now under the control of…
Citizen Housing have submitted a planning application to redevelop the Spon End estate. The Spon End estate was a 1960’s former council estate which is now under the control of…
Helios, the huge sculpture of the Sun, is to be displayed at the Charterhouse in July and August this year. The famous sculpture is by Luke Jerram. The seven-metre sculpture…
The Council has invited “Expressions of Interest” for the operational management of the Priory Visitor Centre and Undercroft. The Council is inviting businesses, community groups and organisations to take on…
In January we reported the unauthorised demolition of two shop units in the recently declared Earlsdon Conservation Area. In February we reported that the council took the unusual step of…
With the Coventry Society’s AGM approaching this month, the Society has published an Annual Report of activities over the year from February 2024 to January 2025. You can download a…
Coventry Society member Peter James tells us the interesting history of Harry Ferguson. Peter writes….. Henry George Ferguson (always known as Harry) was born on 4th November 1884 at Growell…
The BBC has reported that flats for 50 homeless families in a supported temporary housing block have been approved, despite opposition from residents. The three-storey block on Faseman Avenue, Tile…
British Town Centres: New Trends in Layout and Distribution. Leonard Hill (Books) Ltd. 1959 British Town Centres was a book published in 1959 by Wilfred Burns, who learned his trade…
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire has reported that a new hospital has been approved in the Walsgrave Triangle. Ellie Brown, the Local Democracy reporter writes…. Plans to convert empty offices into…
With the former Rover Showroom in Warwick Road on the cusp of demolition, an interesting little bit of its history has been revealed from an archive at an American University.…