The Battle of Pinkett’s Booth II
coventrysociety We reported on “the battle for Pinkett’s Booth” back in June. You will recall that on the very last day of the public inquiry into the Coventry Local Plan, developers…
Planning and Design
Gigafactory Gets Downgrade
GreenPower Park: a change of direction for Coventry Airport! A new planning application for the former Coventry Airport site suggests that the long-promoted vision of a giant battery factory is…
Visit to Vitsoe’s Leamington HQ and Production Building
A somewhat bleary-eyed group of Society members met at Viscoe’s Leamington headquarters on Friday 21 August 2026 for an early 9.00 am start. We were met by Matthew and Dan,…
Coventry City Council’s Children’s Service: Children’s Homes
On 12 th August 2026, a meeting was held at the Council House with officers from Corporate Parenting & Sufficiency. In setting out the reasons behind the request for this…
The Great Meeting House Unitarian Church
Coventry Society Committee member, David Porter, has been following up concerns raised about the condition of this Church in Coventry. David writes….. One threat to our heritage which has become…
Reusing our neglected heritage
In July, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport published the outcome of its inquiry into protecting the built heritage – Protecting built heritage: MPs call for ‘reuse first’…
Concerns about Building at Sutton Stop
Peter Hunter, the Coventry Society Conservation Area Champion for Hawkesbury Junction, reports on a problem arising in the Hawkesbury Junction Conservation Area. Peter writes…. The canal users service facility building…
Planning Application Decision for 34-36 Earlsdon Street
On Thursday 13 th August 2026, a meeting of the Planning Committee was held at which a decision was taken to allow application no PL/2026/0000534/FUL, granting permission for the construction…
Tackling the Oversupply of Student Accommodation – A Tale of Two Applications
As we all know, there is a continuing and growing issue of empty student accommodation units especially in and around the city centre. There is one large scheme of over…
Dieter Rams and Vitsœ
With a Coventry Society visit to the Vitsœ factory in Leamington coming up this month, it seems an ideal opportunity to look at the remarkable designer whose ideas shaped both…