Pump station site to be made into 149-home estate

The plans will see the site's former pump station extended and its surroundings turned into a public space

Plans to build 149 homes on the site of an abandoned Victorian pumping station in Coventry have been submitted.

The designs, set for the former greenbelt land at London Road, Coventry, have been sent to city council. Planning officers have recommended councillors approve the designs at a meeting on Thursday.

The estate was approved in principle in 2021, but applicants Homes England and Morris Homes are now setting out finer details.

Two locally-listed buildings dating from the 1890s on the site will be restored and converted into homes under the proposals.

Developers say nearly half of the nine-acre site would be public open space

The plans would see the site's former pumping station, where water was moved from the River Sowe to a reservoir for the city, extended and its surroundings turned into a public space with parking.

The building will become flats, while a fire-damaged Lodge House at the site will be turned into a four-bedroom house.

The rest of the derelict site is rough grassland, scrub and trees though it also includes a covered reservoir and underground pipes.

Developers claim nearly half of the nine-acre site will be public open space, and almost all trees and hedges would be kept.

Most of the new homes will be two-storey houses under the plans.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.