Woodlands Academy , 453 Broad Lane, Coventry, CV5 7FF Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0000718/DCA - DCA Approval of details reserved by condition Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Submission of details to discharge condition No. 12 (landscaping); imposed on planning permission reference granted on 22/10/2022 for reconfiguration and refurbishment including partial demolition of the former Woodlands Academy School site to provide a new Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) School, together with associated hard and soft landscaping, artificial playing pitch and engineering works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
21 Jul 2026

Approved on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision notice · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice FUL/2022/0561 Decision notice · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 14

PDF Tree Pit Plan DWG: P21181-00-001-GIL-41 Detail drawing · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Paving Type Details (3 of 3) DWG P21181-00-001-302 Rev D01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Paving Type Details (2 of 3) DWG P21181-00-001-301 Rev D01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Paving Type Details (1 of 3) DWG P21181-00-001-300 Rev D00 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Specific Area Focus Plan: Formal Gardens DWG P21181-00-001-103 Rev D01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscaping Strategy Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-00112 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscaping Strategy - Area 6 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04045 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscaping Strategy - Area 5 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04044 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscaping Strategy - Area 4 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04043 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscaping Strategy - Area 3 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04042 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscaping Strategy - Area 2 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04041 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscaping Strategy - Area 1 Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-04040 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Hard Landscaping Strategy Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-00113 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscaping Strategy Plan DWG 04476-GNA-XX-XX-DP-A-00112 Rev C01 Additional plans · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application form (redacted) · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Tree and Planting Schedule Supporting information · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 11

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Main Block at Woodlands School Including Administration and Main Entrance, Main and Small Hall, Gym and Library
List entry 1076585 · The pin is inside its outline · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (7 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Air quality management area: Coventry City-Wide AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Local nature reserve 185 m away: Tile Hill Wood
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 185 m away: Tilehill Wood SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Coventry built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Coventry
Application type
DCA Approval of details reserved by condition
Postcode
CV5 7FF
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Woodlands
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted No Conditions
Decision date
21 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Glancy Nicholls Architects Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 7 (internal elevations); imposed on plan…
PL/2025/0002122/DCA
2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 4 IN PART (materials- discharge all deta…
PL/2025/0002121/DCA
2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 9 (cycle parking); imposed on planning p…
PL/2025/0002119/DCA
2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition Nos. 4 (IN PART ONLY Materials- only glazing…
PL/2025/0002116/DCA
2025
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 15 (fencing); imposed on planning permis…
PL/2025/0001222/DCA
2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 10 (Method Statement); imposed on planni…
PL/2025/0000952/DCA
2025 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition 7 - (Local Employment Strategy): imposed on…
PL/2025/0000181/DCA
2024 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition 6 (method statement repair of the frieze wit…
PL/2024/0002181/DCA
2024
Submission of details to discharge conditions 10 - drainage, 12 - hard/soft landscaping a…
PL/2024/0002154/DCA
2024 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No 6 (Biodiversity Impact Assessment); impos…
PL/2024/0001236/DCA
2024 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition No. 5 (INNSP), 8 (air quality), 11 (energy s…
PL/2024/0000071/DCA
2023 Approved
Submission of details to discharge condition Nos. 3 (Bat Assessment) and 4 (Great Crested…
PL/2023/0001745/DCA
2023 Approved
Non-material amendment; involving variation of conditions 6,7,10,11 and 17 to allow submi…
PL/2023/0001444/NMA
2022 Approved
Installation of 2m high welded mesh security fencing and three temporary single-storey mo…
FUL/2022/2561
2019 Approved
Screening Opinion in respect of redevelopment of the former Woodlands Academy site and re…
SCR/2019/2634
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2022 Approved
Street Record Broad Lane, Coventry,
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FUL/2022/0561
2022 Approved
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Coventry
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#35 of 296 councils
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Coventry is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #13 out of 296. Only 13% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

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Coventry decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #219 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #189 of 296
91%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #13 of 296
13%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #7 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
28 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
100 decided
1,131
Total decisions
186 refused in the year to March 2026
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