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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Save our Greenbelt

Show your support for the campaign by downloading our poster (just click on the image below) and placing a copy in your window.

21st October 2009 at the "Hare and Hounds"

At a well attended meeting over 150 people listened attentively to speakers giving a report on the current situation with the Keresley eco-suburb and Coventry Core Strategy.

With the Coventry Core Strategy Examination starting on the 10th November a number of the presenters have already submitted further representations for the various topics. Those wishing to attend the meeting as observers should contact the LDF Programme Officer, Anne Lynch.
tel: 024 7683 1665    fax: 024 7683 1047    email: programmeofficer@coventry.gov.uk

Earlier this month MP's Jim Cunningham, Geoffrey Robinson & Mike O'Brien met with Save our Greenbelt protestors from both Keresley and Finham and agreed to issue press statements and raise the issues on the floor of the House of Commons.

Geoffry Robinson, who attended an earlier meeting held at the Hare & Hounds, has followed up his promise to write to all his constituents regarding the proposed eco-suburb in Keresley., calling it an ill conceived plan. See Geoffry Robinson letter for the complete text.

Cllr Andrew Burtenshaw of the Nuneaton and Bedworth council, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Planning and Public Protection, attended a meeting in the Keresley village Community Centre in September. Having been recently appointed to the position he declared that he would do his utmost to ensure that the 3500 homes that Coventry City Council wanted them to build would not go ahead. The Nuneaton and Bedworth have now officially rejected the proposal ( See Nuneaton and Bedworth website ) and will be objecting to the Coventry Core Strategy at its examination in November.

Protests have been held outside the town halls of both Coventry and Nuneaton & Bedworth as well as other locations. For further information visit the Save Coventry's Greenbelt website. Please show your support for the campaign by placing a copy of our poster in your window. If you havn't had one through your door just click on the image to the left to download one.

For those not familier with the Keresley Villages website a short demonstration was made together with the video which appears on this site and on you tube.