Coventry City Council has a statutory duty to prepare, monitor and review a Development Plan for Coventry. “Local Plan” was adopted by the Council on 6 December 2017. The original plan can be downloaded here. Supplementary Planning Documents were subsequently … Continue reading →
Councillor J Mutton presented the Pre-Budget Report for the financial year 2020-21 in November 2019. The proposals it makes are currently the subject of a public consultation. This article gives an overview of the Report and the Consultation and reflects … Continue reading →
The following summary of some of the actions already taken by the city comes from a presentation by Mr Colin Knight, Director of Transportation and Highways although his responsibilities and knowledge extend wider than this title would suggest. See also … Continue reading →
Coventry City Council needs to update its Climate Strategy and will be running a public consultation during the autumn of 2019. CovCAN will be helping them to do this. One way we are planning is to create a public theatre … Continue reading →
Divest West Midlands Local Pension Funds (DivestWMPF) is a group campaigning for the West Midlands Pension Fund (WMPF) to divest their holdings in the fossil fuel industry and reinvest this money into clean energy, local infrastructure, or fossil free investments. … Continue reading →
Having found that crisp packets and other plastic items that are put into the blue-lidded wheelie-bins supplied by Coventry City Council are not actually recycled but burned, Michelle Mcmanus set up boxes outside her home where anyone can deposit them … Continue reading →
The Council Plan 2016-24, also called One Coventry, sets out the City Council’s vision and priorities for the city. It includes the following aims that relate to climate change: Reduce operating costs and reduce carbon emissions. Work together with neighbours … Continue reading →
The Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme supports businesses with fewer than 250 employees based in Coventry and Warwickshire who want to save money on energy, waste and water bills and maximise low carbon opportunities. We provide grants and free … Continue reading →
Coventry City Council has joined with the FSB to provide small businesses with this information evening around the proposed Clean Air Zone The event will take place at 16:45 – 18:30 on Thu, 27 June 2019 in Diamond Room 2 … Continue reading →
Commentary on the Coventry Council Climate Change debate of 18-6-19 by Dr Alastair Smith, Tile Hill resident. In response to the international and local Climate Strike of May 2019, individual Coventry Councillors, including the Council Leader[i], stepped back from the … Continue reading →
