Ikea Project Re-Starts
coventrysociety Following a number of difficulties, the plans for a major cultural project at the Ikea building seem to be back on track. The plans to transform Coventry’s old IKEA into…
Planning and Design
Delia Shortlisted
Coventry University’s Delia Derbyshire Building has been shortlisted as a potential RIBA prize winner. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) unveiled nine projects that have been nominated across the…
Future of Demolished Earlsdon Street Premises Still Uncertain
The City Council has reported that a full Stop Notice has now been served to prevent further unauthorised works at Ethe former Natwest Bank in Earlsdon Street. But the future…
Corporation Housing 1890 – 1919
Coventry Society Committee member, Tim Brown, gave us an interesting presentation on the history of corporation housing on 12th February 2025. In a talk entitled “Two Steps Forward and One…
Tiny Forests
Coventry City Council have recently been awarded £294,915 from the Forestry Commission’s Local Authority Treescapes Fund to the plant 151 semi-mature trees and 7068 whips in 10 Wards across Coventry.…
New Homes in Keresley
The Coventry Observer has reported that the first phase of a new 3,000-home development on the western edge of Coventry is to open next month. Housebuilder Bellway is building 244…
Allesley Hotel Site to be Re-developed for Housing
A planning application has been submitted to redevelop the site of the Allesley Hotel on Birmingham Road in Allesley. The application is for permission for the demolition of the former…
Council Stops Illegal Parking at the Britannia Hotel
Illegal parking at Brittania Square has been stopped after campaigning by Coventry Society members and reporting by the Coventry Observer. The Coventry Society congratulates the City Council for taking action…
Street Lighting to be Modernised
Coventry City Council’s Cabinet have approved plans to modernise the city’s streetlights. The project will replace the lanterns on 29,500 lighting columns in the city with modern LED ones. The…
Gone in an Instant, but not Forgotten …
Anyone who has visited Earlsdon recently will be fully aware that a number of properties on Earlsdon Street have stood empty for several or in some cases many months awaiting…