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Swanswell Gate Hales Street, Coventry

LB/2019/2251LBC Listed building consentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 19 December 2019

Council decision: Granted ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of the Swanswell Gate to a residential/tourist accommodation, with insertion of new internal elements and reinstatement of former features including the earlier oak beam and floor and replacement of exterior doors and windows.

Received
24 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Michael's
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Swanswell Gate Hales Street, Coventry,. Coventry has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 14 weeks longer than Coventry's typical decision time. The site is in the Lady Herbert's Garden conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

94% of heritage 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 1JA
Application type
LBC Listed building consent
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2019
Consultation expiry
26 September 2019
Consultation end
26 September 2019
Target decision date
18 September 2019
Application expires
20 December 2019
Permission expires
18 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
149 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    24 Jul

    Change of use of the Swanswell Gate to a residential/tourist accommodation, with insertion of new internal…

    ApprovedFUL minor applicationFiled alongsideFUL/2019/1930
  2. 2019
    24 Jul

    Change of use of the Swanswell Gate to a residential/tourist accommodation, with insertion of new internal…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageLB/2019/2251

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