Coventry planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Coventry City Council, updated daily. Coventry City Council received 475 planning applications in the last 90 days, 9 of them major schemes. 77% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 57 days.
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Recent applications in Coventry
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Coventry Retail Market Queen Victoria Road, Coventry, CV1 3HT
Retail Market façade and frame refurbishment, Coventry city centre. External works to repair and enhance the building envelope, glazing and exposed concrete structure at full application stage. Façade, cladding, glazing and structural repair packages suit specialist contractors on a high-profile…
Façade repairGlazingStructural repair
Autospecpol Limited, 11A Lythalls Lane, Coventry, CV6 6FN
New industrial building for building materials storage, Coventry. Erects a storage facility with collection and delivery yard on an existing industrial site at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame and drainage are the primary packages, with yard surfacing and parking to follow.
GroundworksStructural frameCladding
THE GOSFORD ARMS, 65 - 66 Far Gosford Street, Coventry, CV1 5DZ
Two-storey rear extension with residential conversion, Coventry. Adds upper-floor homes to an existing pub building, varying a noise condition on an approved scheme. M&E and acoustic treatments dominate; the residential use change opens fit-out and drainage packages.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Coventry Retail Market Queen Victoria Road, Coventry, CV1 3HT
Listed building consent for Coventry Retail Market façade refurbishment. External repairs, glazed element replacement and concrete frame works to a city-centre commercial building at consent stage. Façade repair, structural glazing and concrete restoration are the live packages for specialists in…
Façade repairGlazingStructural repair
Field Overell Llp Solicitors, 8 - 10 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1GF
Four-flat conversion from offices, Coventry city centre. Reconfigures first and second floors of an existing building to create four single-person homes at full application stage. Partitioning, fit-out, kitchens and bathrooms drive the work, with M&E rewiring and new drainage routes throughout.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Triple Triangle Club Jardine Crescent, Coventry, CV4 9NW
20m telecoms mast with 12 antennas and supporting infrastructure, Coventry. Prior approval for a pole-mounted mobile network installation with equipment cabinets on a sports club site. Steel erection, civil groundworks and electrical infrastructure packages open for specialist telecoms contractors.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
THE OLD COVENTRIANS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Tile Hill Lane, Coventry, CV4 9DE
Two netball courts with floodlighting, Coventry. Adds new sports courts, fencing and lighting columns to an existing rugby club site at full application stage. Ground preparation, sports surfacing, structural lighting columns and electrical distribution packages drive the work.
GroundworksHard landscapingStructural frame
Rose And Crown Hall Green Road, Coventry, CV6 7BW
Public house converting to convenience store, Coventry. Repurposes an existing building as a retail unit with new parking, EV charging and landscaping at full application stage. Fit-out, signage, electrical services and hard landscaping drive the work packages.
Fit-outM&EHard landscaping
Newfield Lodge Kingfield Road, Coventry, CV1 4DW
Residential conversion to a small tutoring centre, Coventry. One dwelling changes to educational use for one-to-one tutoring at full application stage. Fit-out, partitioning and minor M&E work suit local specialists; modest scale limits material volumes.
Fit-outM&E
2 Harpenden Drive, Coventry, CV5 7QF
Condition variation on a two-storey rear extension, Coventry. Adjusts the approved bedroom layout and first-floor side detail on a consented householder scheme. The parent permission remains live; joinery and M&E packages for the extension are still open.
249 Farren Road, Coventry, CV2 5DA
Single-storey outbuilding for gym and study, Coventry. Retrospective consent for an ancillary structure with dual use at full application stage. Foundations, brickwork, roofing and M&E for heating and power supply form the core packages.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
417 Ansty Road, Coventry, CV2 3BQ
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension, Coventry. Expands an existing house with a two-storey side element and single-storey rear addition at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks packages suit local builders, with steelwork over the rear opening.
DemolitionBrickworkRoofing
284 Broad Lane, Coventry, CV5 7AT
Single-storey rear and side extensions, Coventry. Adds ground-floor living space to both rear and side of an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and groundworks are the key packages for local subcontractors.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
57 Proffitt Avenue, Coventry, CV6 7ER
Two-storey side extension with rear dormer, Coventry. Adds a two-storey side extension, rear box dormer and single-storey rear extension to an existing house at full householder application stage. Roofing, brickwork and joinery packages suit local trades, with steel lintels over new openings and…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
105 Wyken Avenue, Coventry, CV2 3BZ
Two-storey side and rear extension plus single-storey rear addition, Coventry. Replaces an existing garage with a two-storey extension and adds a single-storey rear section at full householder application stage. Structural steels over the garage, brickwork, roofing, groundworks and M&E services…
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Planning appeals in Coventry City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Coventry City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Coventry City Council, raw rate
31.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
31.2%
national rates applied to this caseload
0.3 percentage points above expected. Coventry City Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
677 appeals counted, 654 judged either way (206 allowed, 448 dismissed), 23 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.2% | 28.8% | 344 | 344 | 104 |
| Householder (HAS) | 38% | 35.6% | 210 | 205 | 78 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 31.6% | 33.3% | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 7.1% | 36% | 33 | 28 | 2 |
| Enforcement Notice | 23.1% | 13.5% | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 45.5% | 36.9% | 13 | 11 | 5 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 9.1% | 20.6% | 11 | 11 | 1 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14A | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Coventry City Council
Coventry City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Coventry City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent12 homes
- Affordable rent2 homes
- Shared ownership12 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Coventry City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder81% (133 decided)
- other86% (43 decided)
- residential88% (40 decided)
- commercial74% (35 decided)
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