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Vergers Lodge Priory Row, Coventry, CV1 5EX

FUL/2019/0254FUL minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 March 2019

Council decision: Granted ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of temporary pavilion extension (for City of Culture 2021) to the north-west corner of the Coventry Cathedral Precinct; alterations to the New Cathedral in the existing location of the Swedish Windows to provide access; extension over the existing Refectory and Song School into the existing Verger's Lodge accommodation to create Education Room; installation of lift, accessible wc's and multi-use space to bridge link between the west wall of the Cathedral and the east wall of the Verger's Lodge.

Received
31 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Michael's
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Vergers Lodge Priory Row, Coventry, CV1 5EX. Coventry has handled 1,991 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Coventry's typical decision time. The site is in the Hill Top and Cathedral conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across St. Michael's. We hold 1,238 applications in total for the CV1 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Coventry City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CV1 5EX
Application type
FUL minor application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2019
Consultation expiry
7 March 2019
Consultation end
7 March 2019
Target decision date
28 March 2019
Application expires
28 March 2019
Permission expires
27 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hill Top Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Cathedral of St MichaelOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Hmo - 30.9.23
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Coventry

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