1-3 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AX
Proposal
Change of use from student accommodation to 7 x serviced 'Airbnb' style units (Sui Generis) (Retrospective).
- Received
- 16 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Coventry City Council
- Ward
- St. Michael's
- ReceivedSubmitted16 May
- ValidatedValidated8 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AX. Coventry has handled 1,991 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 61 days. It was submitted on 16 May 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Spon Street conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across St. Michael's. We hold 1,217 applications in total for the CV1 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
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Additional Information
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Spon Street Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Hmo - 30.9.23
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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