Plans lodged to redevelop former college campus

Coventry College's campus in Henley closed three years ago

A developer has lodged plans to knock down buildings on a former college campus to make way for more than 100 homes.

Living Space Housing has submitted a planning application to redevelop Coventry College's Henley campus, which closed three years ago.

It proposes to build 118 homes on the site, along with two multi-use games areas, a 50-space car park and a play area.

It comes nine months after previous plans to build 112 homes on the site were thrown out by a government planning inspector after developers appealed Coventry City Council's decision to refuse the scheme.

In their decision published in August last year, the inspector said there were no special circumstances to justify losing "local green space".

Following the decision, a spokesperson for Coventry College said the appeal outcome had minimal impact on its ability to sell the land.

They said the sale would support reinvestment into its city centre campus.

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