The Westwood Academy Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, CV4 8DY Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0000824/FULM - FULM major application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of two storey school building (1,305 sq. m) to accommodate additional classrooms, offices and plant, with re-located car park, refuse storage area, tree planting and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 May 2026
✓
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Decision
Target date was 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 146.

Documents 39

Plans & drawings 25

PDF Proposed External Levels Plan DWG S2-P06 Layout plans · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Plan DWG WST-LFA-PL-00-D-A-0000-S2-P07 Location plan · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Block Plan DWG WST-LFA-PL-00-D-A-0001-S2-P06 Block plan · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Travel Plan TPS Project Number: P3214 Travel plan · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape Proposals DWG LDP-26-P313-1001C Landscaping plan/details · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Ground Investigation RC Retaining Wall DWG 26.1714-AMP-SKK-006-P01 Additional plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF RC Retaining Wall DWG 26.1714-AMP-SKK-006-P01 Additional plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Level DWG S2-P07 Roof plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan DWG S2-P07 Floor plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed New Car Park Zone DWG S2-P06 Additional plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF New Car Park Zone Demolition Plan DWG S2-P04 Additional plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing New Car Park Zone DWG S2-P04 Additional plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Section A-A & B-B DWG S2-P06 Section plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations DWG S2-P07 Elevations · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan DWG S2-P08 Floor plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Ground Floor Plan - Existing Copy 1 DWG S2-P05 Floor plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan DWG S2-P03 Floor plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Block Plan DWG S2-P05 Block plan · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed External Levels Plan DWG S2-P05 Layout plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF External Elevation Layouts DWG 5700-T1 Elevations · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed PV Installation Layout - New Scool Building DWG 6600-P01 Layout plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plant Compound Layout DWG 5000-T2 Floor plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed External Lighting Layout - New Rear Carpark DWG 6301-P01 Layout plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed External Lighting Layout - New School Building DWG 6300-P01 Layout plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Plan DWG S2-P06 Site plans · 15 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Article 4 direction
HMO - 30.9.23. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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 148 m away: Ten Shilling 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Coventry built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
FULM major application
Postcode
CV4 8DY
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Ward
Tile Hill and Canley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Planning committee decision
Applicant
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Agent
Lungfish Architects Ltd
Leaseholder
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Decision outlook

Day 146, past the statutory target. 85% of commercial and major works in Coventry are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 14690 days past the 56-day target
72%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Coventry in the last twelve months, from validation. Coventry decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2026
Coventry
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#35 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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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