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Lindens Place Blocks A, B And C Lynden House, 3-5 Spencer Road, Coventry, CV5 6PA

PL/2023/0002397/FULFUL minor applicationApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Granted Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of Lindens Place from student accommodation to form 11 no. self-contained 3- and 4-bed family apartments and 18 no. single-person rooms with shared facilities

Received
14 November 2023
Ward
Earlsdon
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lindens Place Blocks A, B And C Lynden House, 3-5 Spencer Road, Coventry, CV5 6PA. Coventry has handled 1,991 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 November 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Kenilworth Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Earlsdon. We hold 1,711 applications in total for the CV5 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
CV5 6PA
Application type
FUL minor application

Planning application dates

Validated
14 November 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Granted Conditions

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: Kenilworth Road Conservation Area
  • 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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