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Benedicts Cafe Priory Row, Coventry

LB/2019/2526LBC Listed building consentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 18 November 2019

Council decision: Granted ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed building consent for the erection of a new annexe connected to the northern end of the west wall of the New Cathedral, alteration, extension and demolition of part of the listed buildings in the north-west corner of the Cathedral Precinct, including the 1983 Song School extension, the exhaust flue and housing to the north side of the Verger's Lodge and the roof and interior of the Verger's Lodge.

Received
23 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Michael's
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Benedicts Cafe Priory Row, Coventry,. Coventry has handled 112 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 have been 2 other applications 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 5EX
Application type
LBC Listed building consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2019
Consultation expiry
14 November 2019
Consultation end
14 November 2019
Target decision date
18 November 2019
Application expires
18 November 2019
Permission expires
17 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
31

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    3 Dec

    Discharge of Conditions No. 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f imposed upon original application LB/2019/2526

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/2019/3060
  2. 2019
    23 Sep

    Erection of a new annexe connected to the northern end of the west wall of the New Cathedral, alteration…

    ApprovedFUL minor applicationFiled alongsideFUL/2019/2420
  3. 2019
    23 Sep

    Listed building consent for the erection of a new annexe connected to the northern end of the west wall of…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentLB/2019/2526

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