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Rylcha, 21a Cross Cheaping, Coventry, CV1 1HF

PA/2018/2076PAJA Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from shops (class A1), professional and financial services (class A2), takeaways (class A5), betting offices, pay day loan shops or launderettes to offices (class B1a)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 September 2018

Council decision: Prior approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for a change of use to cafe and restaurant (Use Class A3).

Received
16 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Michael's
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rylcha, 21a Cross Cheaping, Coventry, CV1 1HF. Coventry has handled 238 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Coventry's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building 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.

82% of amendment 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 1HF
Application type
PAJA Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from shops (class A1), professional and financial services (class A2), takeaways (class A5), betting offices, pay day loan shops or launderettes to offices (class B1a)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2018
Consultation expiry
24 August 2018
Consultation end
24 August 2018
Target decision date
11 September 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Hmo - 30.9.23
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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