LATEST NEWS - 01/07/10

Coventry Core Strategy.
Examiner's report to be discussed at council meeting on 6th July

Following the publication of the examiners report council officers Jim Newton (Principal Planner, Joint Policy) & Trevor Errington (Assistant Director, Planning and Transportation) have produced Report 7.1 , a precis of the examiner's findings. A full council meeting, to be held at 2pm on Tuesday 6th July, will discuss this and the current action to be taken with regard to the core strategy.

A note on the council website states:
Please note: As a result of the new government's public commitment to abolish Regional Spatial Strategies, we have suspended further work on our Core Strategy until there is clarity about new responsibilities and roles for local authorities. Once we have this clarity we will be issuing a public statement about our future plans. more....

GREENBELT RALLY

Saturday 24th April 2010
Coventry City Centre

The Rally was excellent –
a lot of people were on the march, and we attracted a good deal of attention through Broadgate.

Mike O’Brien, Geoffrey Robinson, Nobby Clarke, John Mutton, Andrew Burtenshaw and other prominent figures were there. Conspicuous by their absence were any Conservative members of Coventry City Council. Perhaps they were uncomfortable about defending the Core Stragey?

New housing for
Keresley Newlands
A proposal by the Cassidy Group
was recently put forward at the
Keresley Parish council
meeting.
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Keresley

It is thought that this name is of Danish origin - Kaerer being a Swedish surname, and a Ley a forest clearing thus
Kaerer's Ley, now known as Keresley. This would probably have been after the year 1066 when the famous
Domesday Book , a survey of England, was made since no record of the village exists.

Kaerer's Ley was an agricultural village now known as Keresley Green. It lies to the North of Hall Brook and is the oldest of the three villages. Bordered by the countryside it still maintains its rural atmosphere.

Keresley Heath to the South is bounded by the Tamworth Road. Established in the 17th century the oldest building is probably Akon House on Sandpits Lane. The church not being completed until 1847. Weaving was the main occupation. Green fields remain to the North of the village, the remaining borders having merged with adjacent Coventry suburbs.

Keresley Newlands, to the North, was only developed in the early 20th century when mining commenced in 1911. Today the mine has closed and the mining site redeveloped as industrial warehousing. Like Keresley Green it maintains a tranquil rural setting.

This listed building is a former18th century farmhouse, now converted and extended into an Inn - The Beechwood.

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The Church of St Thomas was constructed in 1847. It is one of two churches in the church parish of Keresley and Coundon.

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Built in the late 19th century, the Hare and Hounds popular local pub in Keresley Green.

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Freshly cut hay drying in the sun. After a few days it will be baled for use as winter feed.

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This wheel was rescued after the closure of Coventry Colliery and now marks the entrance to the new Prologis Park.

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Built in 1999 the community centre is the hub for many activities in the village.

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