Children’s care home at 118 Alpine Rise, Coventry

The site and surroundings

The site is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in a residential area with nearby bus routes, local services and outdoor space.

“SITE DESCRIPTION The application site relates to a 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellinghouse. This property has a single driveway with some grass frontage retained. Houses along this road all generally have paved over front gardens for use as parking.”

“The area is residential in nature with the nearest designated Local Centre at Baginton Road, just over half a mile away. There are good transport links with the No. 9 bus route close by, and bus routes nearby including 60 and, 9b within a 5-minute walk and more routes available on Kenilworth Road, a 15-minute walk away.”

Officer report

What officers recommended

Officers recommended permission because the use was acceptable, would not harm neighbours’ amenity and would accord with relevant planning policies.

“Planning Committee are recommended to grant planning permission subject to conditions.”

“The proposal is acceptable in principle. • The proposal will not adversely impact upon the amenity of neighbours. • The proposal accords with Policies: DE1, AC1, AC3, DS3, H5 and H8 of the Coventry Local Plan 2017 and the emerging Local Plan, together with the aims of the NPPF.”

Officer report

Main planning issues

The main issues were whether the use was acceptable, its effect on residential amenity and highway matters.

“The main issues in determining this application are principle of development, impact on residential amenity and highway considerations…”

Officer report

Consultation responses

Highways raised no objection subject to conditions, Children’s Services initially had not responded, and later confirmed no objection.

“Statutory There are no statutory consultees…”

“Non-statutory No objections subject to conditions have been received from: • Highways At the time of writing the report comments have not been received from: • Children’s services Neighbour consultation Immediate neighbours and local councillors have been notified; a site notice was posted on 17 th October 2025.”

Officer report

Who spoke

Councillor J Blundell spoke about the petition and his objections, alongside Councillor M Heaven and another registered speaker.

Committee discussion

Members discussed the operation of the site and agreed that the application should be considered again at a later meeting.

“Following discussion, Members agreed that, in light of a Member's question about the operation of the site, the application be deferred to a later meeting.”

Minutes

The committee’s decision

The committee deferred the application rather than deciding whether to grant or refuse planning permission.

“RESOLVED that planning permission for Application PL/2025/0001978/FUL be deferred for the reason stated.”

Minutes