260a Hawkes Mill Lane, Coventry, CV5 9FJ Data via plota.co.uk

Refused PL/2025/0001987/OUT
Date received
week of 13 Oct 2025
Decision date
week of 2 Mar 2026
Postcode
CV5 9FJ
Freehold owner

Description

Outline planning permission for the erection of two dwellings (all matters to be reserved, except for access) (Resubmission of ) Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Coventry Planning Committee on 5 Mar 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the houses would harm the Green Belt and the site is not accessible or sustainable.
  • Residents raised concerns about traffic, access, parking, wildlife, privacy, Green Belt harm and noise, while five letters supported the proposal.
  • The committee refused planning permission for the application.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Coventry's committee minutes of 5 Mar 2026.

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: Birmingham
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
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 ↗
Also on the record
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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £400,000 in May 2019. Detached house, freehold.

24 May 2019£400,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Coventry
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
#35 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.