Keresley Green

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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.

The Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 was passed (later strengthened by Amendment in 1968) in order to protect land from ribbon development and urban sprawl. This greenbelt land is now under threat.

The majority of open land surrounding the Keresley Villages is
GREENBELT

Save our Greenbelt campaign

The powers that be, Coventry City Council and Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, wish to change the greenbelt designation of the land for use as housing.

Click here to find out more.

Keresley Green

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


Local views around Keresley Green
The Hare & Hounds	Haymaking

Flooding in Watery Lane

As with many road names Watery Lane suggests that it is susceptible to flooding. On 28th June 2009, the frequent showers suddenly changed to a heavy downpour lasting approximately fifty minutes.
	This downpour resulted in total carnage in Watery Lane, manhole covers blown off by the force of the Hall Brook which is culverted under the road. One car got stranded and the occupants, including two children, had to be rescued through the windows as the water rose up to the door handles. The site is indicated by the yellow pin on the map. Halcrow have conducted a survey that indicates that the Hallbrook is a minor watercourse and does not pose a risk to flooding, although they cover themselves by saying some flooding is possible. The Environment agency carried a flood risk assessment when the new estate in watery lane was built concluded that no run off water from the estate should enter the Hallbrook.
This is not the first time residents have experienced this. A local resident comments: "This scene was a regular event when I was a child. I'm not sure where the water goes but I cant remember any big sewer drains going in when the new housing estate was built. It could be interesting with another 3500 houses in the surrounding fields.............I'm just off to see Noah to see if he can build us an ark.................." Below are some photos taken at the time compared with normal conditions.